http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1479 Users of the Linux platform will be glad to hear of the release of Adobe's SVG viewer: also JXML's Quick Java/XML toolkit now has explicit Linux support. Linux SVG http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1304 A new native XML database engine, available as a technology preview download, has been created by German company data ex machina. Linux Databases http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=911 Michael Bierman of Adobe has responded on the SVG developers list to user questions about whether their SVG viewer will support either Linux or Netscape 6. SVG Linux http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=837 Daniel Veillard announced libxml 2.2.5, also known as the Gnome XML library, bringing lots of fixes and an initial XPointer implementation. Linux Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=801 A recent survey has found that Linux users are more likely to use XML than general developers, and that their XML usage has increased by 75% over the last 6 months. Linux Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=661 Daniel Veillard has announced release 2.2.0 of libxml, the XML C library that is one of the core components of the GNOME project. Linux Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=196 VA Linux has opened SourceForge, a site for Open Source software developers to post code, trade ideas, and work together on projects. Though it isn't XML- oriented, a number of projects involving XML or focusing on XML processing are listed on the site. Community Linux http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=6 Slashdot has a vigorous discussion going on about "Expanding the use of XML in Linux?" Opinions vary from "XML sucks" to "just like the Windoze Registry?" to "XML? Hooray!" Linux