XML Java API Standardization

[Norbert Mikula]

Alex Milowski wrote:
> The dsssl.grove package is intended to provide standardized programatic access
> to groves--the result of processing an SGML document.  IMHO, it would be ideal
> if XML processors could produce a grove that a DSSSL processor could use.

Alex,

I certainly agree, that a (complete) grove is probably
the most powerful and complete way of accessing
a documents data.

I am not convinced however, that it is always necessary
to built a grove.

My view on this is :

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-               application                   -
----------------------------------            -
-   grove/tree builder           -            -
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-  event stream (Esis++)                      -
----------------------------------      NXP   -     
-     core parser                             -
-----------------------------------------------

You can always built a more powerful layer
on top of an event stream. Furthermore we
should also consider the work of the DOM
group. Their results will have a considerable
impact on our work as well.

If we can provide a flexible low level
layer, we can always add more fancy and
specialized post-processors on top
of it.

-- 
Best regards,
Norbert H. Mikula

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