Hi devs, I'm a final year undergraduate from University of Moratuwa, and am interested in applying to Google Summer of Code 2011 with a Xerces2-J project. I have some experience in using Xerces, though I'm new to the Xerces development. I'm very interested to contribute to Xerces as a developer.
I've talked with Michael for a possible GSoC idea, and he suggested on implementing features still lack in the XML Schema 1.1 Xerces implementation. He pointed towards XERCESJ-1362, "Implementing the changes to post-schema-validation-infoset in XML Schema 1.1" feature [1] filed at JIRA, assuring it hasn't yet implemented. I'm interested in doing this project because it'll probably achieve my purpose of getting familiarized with the code-base better. But, I see that currently, it's reporter Arthur (De Magalhaes) has assigned it to himself. So, first of all, Arthur, I'd like to know whether you are OK with me picking this. Hoping that Arthur wouldn't mind if I pick this, I'd like to focus on this idea further. Currently, I'm reading XML Schema 1.1 recommendation, and the PSVI changes in Schema 1.1 [1] to get a clear idea about what is needed to be implemented. For that, I have to understand the current recommendation in XML Schema along with implementation of PSVI in Xerces. So, I'd appreciate if someone can answer these questions. 1. Any recommended links/suggestions to get to know about the existing PSVI implementation in Xerces, as well as for the XML Schema (if any, apart from [1]) 2. Where does the PSVI implementation reside in the code so that I can begin poking around? It'll help me to get familiar with the code-base as well. 3. Does the scope of this idea is sufficient/not much/go beyond that of the GSoC in your opinion? (in terms of time constraint, difficulty level etc. ) Any answers regarding any of these questions are very much appreciated. Giving some information about myself and some background; I've started studying about Xerces development. These days I'm reading the Xerces Native Interface, along with few other references. Further, I got the Xerces samples working and now I'm debugging them to gain an understanding about the internals. I have already participated in GSoC 2010 under DocBook Open Repository, where I developed the WebHelp XSL Customization for DocBook documents [2]. I have contributed to Apache Axiom's DOM module a little as well. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-1/#ch_psvi [2] http://blog.kasunbg.org/search/label/gsoc Thanks, --Kasun ~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ Kasun Gajasinghe, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Blog: http://kasunbg.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg
