A collected summary of items that ran on the xmlhack newswire on 28 January, 2003.
PyXML 0.8.2 releasedfrom Uche Ogbuji at 16:34, 28 JanPyXML includes many tools for XML processing in Python, including SAX and DOM tools. This is mostly a bug fix release.
OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) approved as an OASIS Committee Specificationfrom Uche Ogbuji at 15:24, 28 Jan
XmlTask 1.4 released, a tool for editing XML files in Apache Antfrom Uche Ogbuji at 15:19, 28 JanXmlTask is an open-source tool which allows modification of XML files during an
Ant build. This release includes UI improvements and a change to Apache license.
UBL Schemas Released for Public Reviewfrom Uche Ogbuji at 14:31, 28 Jan
Python Tool for excerpting schema/examples into XHTML specfrom Uche Ogbuji at 07:49, 28 JanJoseph Reagle developed a program that offers two approaches towards helping auto-generate specifications from a schema
An Algorithm for Streaming XPath Processing with Forward and Backward Axesfrom Uche Ogbuji at 07:38, 28 JanIn this paper by Barton, Charles and Raghavachari, Fontoura, and Vanja Josifovski of IBM Research, the authors demonstrate significant optimizations of XPath processing.
DTDs vs XML Schemafrom Simon St.Laurent at 01:30, 28 JanSlashdot takes up the endless thread, and notes RELAX NG as well.