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From: "Ted Leung" <twleung@sauria.com>
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Subject: Re: Common sub-project for Xalan/Xerces: discuss: standards-based
 files vs. common utils
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:43:50 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Campbell" <camk@channelpoint.com>
To: <general@xml.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: Common sub-project for Xalan/Xerces: discuss: standards-based
files vs. common utils


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shane_Curcuru@lotus.com [mailto:Shane_Curcuru@lotus.com]
> > *Ah-ha!* The important point I promised!  I think it's very
> > important to
> > discuss the ADK makeup in terms of two kinds of things that
> > might go into
> > it: *standards-based* files, versus other *common Apache utils*
> > /files/whatever.
>
> I agree with this assesment. I actually see three different needs... the
> first two which we've been discussing are for building Apache XML
projects:
> common standards (DOM, SAX, JAXP), and other common code used between
apache
> projects (which apache owns... stuff like log4j, ant, etc. Note: I can't
> really think of anything besides Jakarta projects that fit into this
> category at this time. Maybe the org.apache.xml.* packages Tim mentioned).
>
> The third need I see is not neccessarily for Apache developers or Apache
> project building, but for users. This is what I would call an Apache XML
> Development Kit. This would be a rollup of the most commonly used XML
> projects bundled together and tested together for new users and users who
> don't want to deal with all the various versions of stuff piecemeal. The
> makeup of this kit would include several technologies like Xerces, Xalan,
> Fop, SOAP, Axis.

Now this idea, I like very much.  I think that all the projects would
benefit
from integration and testing for end users.


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