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Subject: Re: Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to Apache
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From: Michael Glavassevich <mrglavas@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:44:31 -0400
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Hi Neeraj,

I noticed that the JAXP 1.3 source files in jsr-206-src.zip have no 
license on them. The JAXP 1.2 sources in xml-commons carry the Apache 
license. Will this still be the case for JAXP 1.3?

Thanks.

Neeraj Bajaj <Neeraj.Bajaj@Sun.COM> wrote on 04/05/2005 06:48:30 AM:

> Ok I just finished uploading JAXP 1.3 sources in 
> "*xml-commons/contrib/jaxp13"* directory.
> There are 3 files, jsr-206-src.zip, xml-xerces.zip, xalan-src.zip which 
> corresponds to jaxp-api,
> xerces & xalan sources respectively.
> 
> - Neeraj
> 
> Neeraj Bajaj wrote:
> 
> > That really sounds good to me.. so i would try to finish it today.
> > I will send mail to the community when i am done.
> >
> > Thanks dims for the suggestion.
> >
> > - Neeraj
> >
> > Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> >
> >> Neeraj,
> >>
> >> my 2 cents...upload the whole thing say in xml-commons/contrib/jaxp13
> >> cvs so everyone can take a look (and then pick on the bits they
> >> want/need)...yes, changes to xml-commons can be made ASAP (after
> >> tagging the current code in the main trunk there) and it's upto the
> >> xml xerces/xalan folks to start picking up stuff as/when they fit.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> dims
> >>
> >> On Apr 4, 2005 1:07 AM, Neeraj Bajaj <Neeraj.Bajaj@sun.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>
> >>> Thanks Michael for your response.
> >>>
> >>> I was just wondering what would be idle time to wait before i start 
> >>> work
> >>> on this ?
> >>> Does anyone has an opinion, Is there any other list where i should 
send
> >>> this mail
> >>> before making changes ?
> >>>
> >>> - Neeraj
> >>>
> >>> Michael Glavassevich wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Neeraj,
> >>>>
> >>>> +1 to putting the JAXP 1.3 sources on the main trunk, tagging it 
and
> >>>> making a branch for the old JAXP sources on the current main trunk.
> >>>>
> >>>> There exists a branch called tck-jaxp-1_2_0 where fixes and other 
> >>>> updates
> >>>> have been applied to the JAXP 1.2 sources. This is the branch we've 

> >>>> used
> >>>> for generating the xml-apis.jar shipped with Xerces and Xalan. I 
> >>>> assume a
> >>>> similar branch will exist for 1.3.
> >>>>
> >>>> Neeraj Bajaj <Neeraj.Bajaj@Sun.COM> wrote on 04/03/2005 03:40:57 
AM:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I sent the mail below with JAXP 1.3 APIs source code attached as 
> >>>>> zip but
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> mail bounced back with the following message
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <error>
> >>>>> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> >>>>> <general@xml.apache.org>
> >>>>> (reason: 552 ZIP attachments are not accepted here.)
> >>>>> </error>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What should i do now ? Is there a way to upload sources on Apache
> >>>>> server somewhere ?
> >>>>> Can anyone guide me what is the procedure for such code grants ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am looking help from the active committers of Xerces & Xalan 
> >>>>> community
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> to help put it in a
> >>>>> a branch and make it work there. As i think due to large number of
> >>>>> changes it would be a considerable
> >>>>> amount of work. This will also help the committers & community to 
> >>>>> have a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> look at the code before
> >>>>> it is merged into the main stream work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think i have commit access at xml-commons so i can commit the 
> >>>>> sources
> >>>>> in xml-commons branch
> >>>>> or main trunk (and create branch for old jaxp sources ).  What is 
the
> >>>>> opinion of community ? I can
> >>>>> start this as soon as i get a consensus from the community. My
> >>>>> preference is to put the sources on
> >>>>> xml-commons main trunk.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please let me know how should i proceed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> - Neeraj
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *Sun Microsystems donates the source code of JAXP 1.3 APIs +
> >>>>> implementation to Apache XML.*
> >>>>> JAXP 1.3 (JSR 206 <http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=206>) is
> >>>>> significant advancement over JAXP 1.2 and adds whole lot of new
> >>>>> functionalities.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * New Schema Validation Framework
> >>>>> * New Object Model neutral XPath APIs
> >>>>> * New Java datatypes which maps to XML Schema Datatypes.
> >>>>> * Reuse parser instance
> >>>>> * Security enhancements
> >>>>> * Support for the latest standards (DOM L3 Core, DOM L3 Load & 
> >>>>> Save, SAX
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> 2, XML 1.1 and XInclude)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *JAXP 1.3 APIs source code is attached with this mail. *
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Due to large size of code base i will be sending different mails 
> >>>>> for the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> source code of Xerces & Xalan.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have attached the original mail where i proposed the process of
> >>>>> upgrading xml-commons to JAXP 1.3 APIs and
> >>>>> integrating this donation into the main stream work of Xerces & 
> >>>>> Xalan.
> >>>>> There was a general consensus to my proposal
> >>>>> and we can discuss more about the technicalities of merging with 
> >>>>> in the
> >>>>> appropriate (Xml-commons, Xerces, Xalan)
> >>>>> community.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Let's upgrade to JAXP 1.3 :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> - Neeraj
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Neeraj Bajaj wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Excellent news!  Thank to Sun folk and Geir for picking up the 
> >>>>>>>> ball
> >>>>>>>> on this one.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Note: once the papers are in the Hallowed Halls, I presume that
> >>>>>>>> Neeraj will get some consensus from xml-commons, xalan-dev, and
> >>>>>>>> xerces-j-dev as to how to actually check this in?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> There is no need to wait until Hall Hallowed-ness has been 
> >>>>>>> achieved.
> >>>>>>> I have received them on behalf of the ASF, and don't let the 
> >>>>>>> process
> >>>>>>> hold things up.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Great... Thanks Geir. No more held up is good
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> - Neeraj
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 
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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subject:
> >>>>> Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to Apache
> >>>>> From:
> >>>>> Neeraj Bajaj <Neeraj.Bajaj@Sun.COM>
> >>>>> Date:
> >>>>> Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:32:14 +0530
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To:
> >>>>> general@xml.apache.org
> >>>>> CC:
> >>>>> xerces-j-dev <xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org>, xerces-j-user
> >>>>> <xerces-j-user@xml.apache.org>, xalan-dev@xml.apache.org,
> >>>>> xalan-j-users@xml.apache.org, Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart
> >>>>> <Eduardo.Pelegrillopart@Sun.COM>, Jeff Suttor 
<Jeff.Suttor@Sun.COM>,
> >>>>> "norman.walsh" <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>, Suresh.K@Sun.COM
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As most of you already know JSR 206 [1] JAXP 1.3 has become 
> >>>>> final.  JAXP
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> 1.3 adds lots of new features in the area of XML processing.
> >>>>> It introduces new Schema independent validation framework which
> >>>>> decouples the validation as a process independent from parsing.
> >>>>> It allows to compile Schema to an immutable memory representation 
of
> >>>>> Grammar which can validate different instances of XML document 
thus
> >>>>> greatly improving the performance of XML processing.  XPath 
language
> >>>>> provides a simple, concise syntax for accessing individual parts 
> >>>>> of an
> >>>>> XML document. JAXP 1.3 defines XPath APIs which provides access to 

> >>>>> the
> >>>>> XPath evaluation environment and expression results independent
> >>>>> of the underlying data object model. JAXP 1.3 also adds new 
> >>>>> Datatypes to
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> the Java platform which maps to some of  the W3C XML Schema
> >>>>> Datatypes, Features for Secured XML processing etc.  JAXP 1.3 also 

> >>>>> adds
> >>>>> the ability to reset XML Parser and Transformer instance , 
allowing
> >>>>> application to reuse the same instance to process multiple XML
> >>>>> documents.  This also helps in increasing XML processing 
performance.
> >>>>> JAXP 1.3 also upgrades to the W3C stds. like DOM L3 Core DOM L3 
> >>>>> L/S, XML
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> 1.1, XInclude.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *Sun Microsystems  would like to donate JAXP 1.3 sources (API s +
> >>>>> Reference Implementation) to Apache. *
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /Details of JAXP 1.3 sources to be donated:/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JAXP 1.3 sources contains the new JAXP 1.3 APIs and the RI 
(Reference
> >>>>> Implementation). RI has been done using
> >>>>> Xerces/Xalan as code base. RI contains the implementation of newly
> >>>>> introduced Validation Framework [2], XPath APIs [3]
> >>>>> , Datatypes [4] implementation, SAXParser, DocumentBuilder, 
> >>>>> Transformer
> >>>>> Reset changes, Secured XML Processing changes.
> >>>>> Implementation of W3C stds. DOM L3 Core, DOM L3 L/S, XML 1.1, 
> >>>>> XInclude
> >>>>> already exist on Apache Xerces. So in the next
> >>>>> section I have also proposed the way to merge rest of the JAXP 1.3 
RI
> >>>>> changes into Apache Xerces & Xalan project.  I have also
> >>>>> suggested where implementation component should reside i.e. Xerces 
or
> >>>>> Xalan. Any idea or feedback for the smoother and
> >>>>> expedited merger of JAXP 1.3 sources into Apache xml-commons, 
> >>>>> Xerces &
> >>>>> Xalan is very welcome.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *JAXP 1.3 APIs: *
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JAXP APIs has been at xml-commons for a long time as these set of 
> >>>>> APIs
> >>>>> are used by many different projects.
> >>>>> With JSR 206 declared as final and many new standards emerging, we
> >>>>> should update xml-commons to JAXP 1.3
> >>>>> APIs. I propose JAXP 1.3 APIs to be committed to xml-commons main 
> >>>>> trunk
> >>>>> and apply a tag.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *JAXP 1.3 RI:  (Implementation components that should be part of
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>> Xerces)*
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> JAXP 1.3 RI contains the implementation of following packages
> >>>>>
> >>>>> javax.xml.datatype
> >>>>> javax.xml.validation
> >>>>> javax.xml.parsers ( reset(), xinclude, etc.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> which should reside at Xerces.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I propose that we create a branch, and merge JAXP 1.3 RI changes 
into
> >>>>> that branch.  This will help
> >>>>> other Xerces active committers to have a chance to look at it 
before
> >>>>> these changes being finally
> >>>>> committed to main trunk.  This process would require merging 
> >>>>> changes to
> >>>>> the branch and then committing
> >>>>> changes to main trunk, i seek help of active Xerces committers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *JAXP 1.3 RI:  (Implementation components that should be part of 
> >>>>> Xalan)*
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JAXP 1.3 RI also has the implementation of newly developed XPath
> >>>>> (javax.xml.xpath.*) APIs which i think, should be part of
> >>>>> Xalan/XSLTC project.  Besdies this, JAXP 1.3 RI also contains 
changes
> >>>>> done in "javax.xml.transform" package
> >>>>> for ex. now application can use the same Transformer instance by
> >>>>> invoking reset().
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I propose the same for the Xalan/XSLTC project that we create a 
> >>>>> branch
> >>>>> and JAXP 1.3 Reference Implementation changes are
> >>>>> put there. This will help other Xalan active committers to have a 
> >>>>> chance
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> to look at it before these changes being finally
> >>>>> committed to main trunk.  Again i seek help of Xalan committers 
> >>>>> for this
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> process.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As always, all  feedbacks are more than welcome.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Neeraj
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [1] http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=206
> >>>>> [2]
> >>>>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.
> >>>>> 0/docs/api/javax/xml/validation/package-summary.html
> >>>>> [3]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.
> 0/docs/api/javax/xml/xpath/package-summary.html 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>> [4]
> >>>>> 
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/xml/datatype/package-
> >>>>> summary.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael Glavassevich
> >>>> XML Parser Development
> >>>> IBM Toronto Lab
> >>>> E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
> >>>> E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
> >>>>
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> >>>> 
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >>
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Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org