Re: do we need more policy drafts? (was Re: XML Catalog Policy Draft 1)
On , January 18, Adam DiCarlo wrote:
>
> Mark, as much as I appreciate your work, I don't think we need more
> policy drafts.
I agree. The point of my posts was to address some heretofore
unaddressed issues concerning XML catalog implementation. Too much
talk and not enough action is not a good thing.
> We need a working xml-core,
Bigtime.
> and also for someone to take the drafts out there already (Ardo and
> mine, yours, LSB-XML, and the SGML drafts now in
> /usr/share/doc/sgml-base-doc) and making a unified Debian SGML/XML
> policy draft which is suitable.
Strongly agree.
> I think this Document should be in the DDP area, possibly as
> "sgml-xml-policy".
Sure, haven't yet used the DDP system, but am happy to learn it.
> I think this document should be designed to be suitable for eventually
> being raised to the following status:
>
> - part of Debian policy
Yep.
> - an improved and updated LSB proposal (with minor alterations of
> course)
Hopefully...:)
> I am not volunteering to steer or lead this this, but I volunteering
> to help.
Since I'm currently unencumbered by gainful employment and unless
someone objects, I'd be happy to serve as coordinator/editor of said
unified SGML/XML policy. [Assuming Ardo or someone else puts together
the base package(s).]
If I indeed serve in this capacity, someone will have to walk me
through the DDP system.
Later today I'll post some thoughts on xml-core/xml-common, or
whatever the package will be named.
Then, Sunday night or Monday morning I'll attempt to summarize the
various points regarding XML Catalog implementation and the role and
content of xml-common. Hopefully, that would give me enough to get to
work on the policy docs and for Ardo to put together an xml-common
package.
Regarding the package naming: xml-commons is also the name of the
apache package that contains the latest version of Norm's XML
Catalog-aware entity resolver. Maybe xml-core is a better name...
At any rate, I'll ITP and upload the newest version of Norm's resolver
along with Ardo's xml-XXXXX package. It works with most of the major
java-based XSLT processors. We really should have more toolchains
available than libxml2/libxslt. (E.g. I still prefer Saxon, as do many
others.)
Ardo & I can work together off-list on some of the xml-XXXX issues...
Cheers,
Mark
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Mark Johnson <mark@duke.edu>
Debian XML/SGML <mrj@debian.org>
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