From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-06-10T02:05:21+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: REXML 2.3.5 && 2.2.3

Sean Russell wrote:

 > I've also decided to drop the idea of implementing a full DTD parser,
 > for the  moment.  DTD is just a monster to parse.

Agreed. Especially complex modular ones like DocBook or XHTML 1.1.

 > I'll continue to implement bits and pieces of DTD, but when REXML
 > gets to be validating, it will probably only be with XMLSchema.

... which is a monster of even larger dimensions ;)
(Perhaps Relax NG would be an option)

 From my POV, validation is the lowest priority; I can just call 
Xerces-C, and it tells me if the doc is valid or not in no time.

I think it's very important to continue working on the perfection of the 
parser itself, the tree API, XPath, namespaces (in the API, in XPath, 
and in the serializer), speed, and the myriad of nitty gritty details to 
solve that is hidden in there already.

Tobi

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