Subject: Re:apache has you
From: Ozan Ozkara (ozan@linux.org.tr)
Date: Mon 29 Nov 1999 - 13:55:55 EET
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( BW)(MA-ZOT-GROUP) The Apache Software Foundation Launches
xml.apache.org
Technology Project
Business/Technology Editors
http://www.apache.org/--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999--
Industry Leaders Donate Technology to Provide Open Source Tools
for XML
The Apache Software Foundation, in collaboration with Bowstreet,
DataChannel, Exoffice, IBM, Lotus Development Corporation and Sun
Microsystems, today announced the formation of the xml.apache.org
Project in
response to the overwhelming demand for Open Source XML and XSL tools
triggered by the rapid adoption of XML.
"XML has become increasingly crucial throughout the software
industry,
as well as the Open Source community, as a nonproprietary method for
storing
and exchanging complex data," said Brian Behlendorf, President of the
Apache
Software Foundation and Founder of Collab.Net. "Building a solid
reference
suite of applications and libraries for managing XML will help ensure
consistancy of implementation between free and commercial software, and
reassure developers that XML is a reliable choice for building
applications
upon."
xml.apache.org will advance the development and deployment of XML
and
XSL standards, and demonstrate the power of these technologies on both
Web
server- and client-side environments. In addition, xml.apache.org will
provide a robust set of XML- and XSL-related libraries and applications
within an industry-wide, peer-based Open Source development process.
The xml.apache.org Project is being bootstrapped with technology
donations from several vendors and Open Source XML developers, and will
be
maintained by the Project team. The donated technologies include:
- XML4J and XML4C Parsers from IBM -- parsers read and validate XML
documents, and are essential components in XML-based solutions. IBM's
parser
technologies have been downloaded over 100,000 times and are being
widely
used by many customers and partners. The XML4J parser was rated by Java
Report earlier this year as outstanding, and is considered industry-wide
as
one of the best performing and stable available parsers.
- Java(TM) Project X and XHTML Parser from Sun Microsystems -- a
high
performance and fully conformant XML parser with optional validation,
Java
Project X provides essential functionality for reading, manipulating and
generating XML text. Written entirely in the Java platform, Java Project
X
offers complete support of SAX 1.0, DOM Level 1 Core, and XML
Namespaces.
XHTML Parser is an experimental parser for reading and writing XHTML,
the
Extensible HyperText Markup Language, based on the "Swing" HTML parser
in
the Java Foundation Classes. XHTML is a reformulation of HTML 4.0 in XML
1.0
and is currently a W3C Working Draft.
- LotusXSL, from Lotus Development Corporation -- an XSLT processor
that
accepts and interprets the new W3C XPath and XSL transformation language
recommendations. These are used to specify general transformations on
XML
documents. These transformations map XML documents into either other XML
documents or into documents in other formats such as HTML. The LotusXSL
processor is already shipping in major commercial products from IBM and
other vendors. It includes such advanced facilities as XLocators, a
pluggable interface for accessing a broad variety of data sources
including
JDBC/ODBC databases.
- XPages, from DataChannel -- an XML application markup language for
quickly building data-driven, cross-platform Web applications that
integrate
disparate data sources. An XPage application is defined by an XML file
that
aggregates multiple data sources, makes that data URL addressable and
defines custom methods to access that data. The DataChannel submission
includes Java code for a servlet based engine.
- FOP, from James Tauber, now with Bowstreet -- the world's first
implementation of XSL for print use. FOP is a XSL formatter originally
designed for PDF, with plans for expansion to accommodate other output
formats as well. In development for more than one year, FOP has been
released as open source for the past six months. FOP (used in
conjunction
with an XSLT implementation) allows the formatting of XML documents for
print, enabling XML-based print publishing using entirely open
standards.
- Cocoon, from Stefano Mazzocchi and the Java-Apache community --
the
100% pure java XML publishing framework that brings a whole new world of
abstraction and ease to consolidated Web site management and publishing.
Its
three-layer creation and processing model is the first application that
will
benefit from the core building projects released in the XML project.
- OpenXML, from Exoffice and Assaf Arkin -- OpenXML is an open
source,
pure Java, fully featured framework for XML-based applications. It
supports
the DOM and SAX APIs, offers printers for generating XML/HTML/XHTML, and
integrates a support for WML.
- XSL:P, from Exoffice and Keith Visco -- a free, open source XSL
processor written in Java. Currently the processor implements the XSLT
WD
1.0 19990421 working draft. The processor is DOM based and works with
all
the major DOM compliant XML parsers.
xml.apache. org will name its parser technology Xerces, which will
be
based on IBM's XML4J and XML4C technologies. The next version will
incorporate the best features on Sun's parser and other contributions
from
the open source community.
The launch of xml.apache.org has received praise and support from
key
industry players:
"Exoffice, through the development of its Enterprise software
platform
and the ExoLab Portal (www.exolab.org), is a strong supporter of Open
Source. For this reason, we are very excited about contributing to this
outstanding effort led by the Apache Software Foundation."
-- Ismael Ghalimi, CEO, Exoffice
"IBM is a strong believer in open standards computing and sees the
formation of xml.apache.org as another important step in adoption of the
XML
standard. We are pleased to contribute the parser technology that we
deliver
in our products to the broader development community via Apache."
-- Marie Wieck, Director of XML Technology, IBM
"Apache was at the heart of the first Web revolution and is
continuing
its open standards leadership with the formation of the xml.apache.org
Project. This move to provide high quality Open Source XML tools is the
beginning of the next major wave in the evolution of the Web."
-- Eliot Kimber, Senior Consulting Engineer, Isogen International, a
DataChannel Company
"As part of Sun's commitment to XML and industry-developed
standards,
Sun has committed to donate its experimental XML technologies to the
xml.apache.org project at Apache. Based on Sun's successful
collaboration
with Apache on the Tomcat project [jakarta.apache.org], Sun is confident
that, through the Apache process, the best-of-breed parser will result
from
the technologies donated by Sun and other companies."
-- Nancy Lee, Senior Product Manager, XML in the Java Platform, Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
"XML is central to the future of the Web. Apache is central to the
Web
today - among other things, I'm betting my new startup on XML and the
Apache
server - and the two need to work well together. Today's announcement
makes
it clear that this won't be a problem. The combination of Apache and XML
is
going to hasten the day when proprietary system software and proprietary
data formats are both regarded as quaint antiquities."
-- Tim Bray, co-editor of the W3C XML 1.0 and Namespaces in XML
Recommendations
The Project code, along with developer participation guidelines, are
now
available at http://xml.apache.org/
About the Apache Software Foundation
Founded in June 1999, the Apache Software Foundation provides
organizational, legal, and financial support for the Apache open-source
software projects. Formerly known as the Apache Group, the Foundation
incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit corporation to ensure
that the Apache projects continue to exist beyond the participation of
individual volunteers, to enable contributions of intellectual property
and
financial support, and to provide a vehicle for limiting legal exposure
while participating in open-source projects.
For more information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
http://www.apache.org/
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