On Thu Nov 29, 2001 11:35:59 Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A while back, I talked to Norman Walsh (of Docbook fame, if you don't > know him) about making his entity resolver (or entity catalog) > implementation a full open source project, given the incredible need for > such a thing on XML-based applications (see recent talks on xml-dev > about XML portability, for example). entity resolver behaviour has for a long time been a source of newbie problems on many jakarta lists. the default behaviour isn't very intuitive - people don't expect that xerces and crimson will attempt to load a DTD even when they arn't actually going to use it for validation. for people without the correct connection to the internet, it can be confusing to get a connection failure during a parse of a configuration file (for example). there are potentially useful EntityResolver implementations (one from structs? was posted here a while ago) in jakarta which solve slightly different problems than the entity catelog seeks to address - but there doesn't seem to be enough critical mass to justify a jakarta commons project. i think that it'd be very useful if norman's entity catelog could be accepted into xml.apache.org with a wider - rather than a narrower - remit to address broader entityresolver issues. of course, the catelog would be the core but other implementations (which solve other problems) could find a home there as well. also, questions on entity resolver issues could be redirected there from the lists at jakarta without any worries. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
