Re: [PROPOSAL]: Upgrade XML Commons External to JAXP 1.4

Never did resolve the issues with the XMLBeans jar, however in the time
since I started this thread (very long ago) the Geronimo folks wrote their
own copy of the StAX API [1][2] from scratch. If there are no objections (
lazy consensus) I plan to include these source files on the trunk and
create a branch for maintaining the 1.3 APIs on Friday.

Thanks.

[1]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/geronimo/specs/tags/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec-1.0.1
/
[2] http://marc.info/?l=geronimo-dev&m=119844086803368&w=2

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]

Michael Glavassevich/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA wrote on 03/29/2006 02:29:36 PM:

> Jeremias Maerki <[email protected]> wrote on 03/29/2006 02:08:32 AM:
>
> > (cc'ing [email protected])
> >
> > That's ok with me. The only thing bothering me is the XMLBeans' JAR
file
> > with the API sources. It does not contain any indication whether this
is
> > a clean-room reconstruction of the API sources based on the
> > specification or if they have been taken from the java.net site and
> > modified. The files there seem to be distributed under the CDDL [1]
> > which is a Category B license (binary only). The sources at java.net
[2]
> > have Bea copyrights all over the place. Furthermore, I can't find the
> > StAX API sources anywhere in XMLBeans' repository. The individual files
> > in the API JAR do not contain the Apache license header as would be
> > required by any source file published by the ASF (due to the current
> > policy). The good thing on the other side is that Bea seems to be the
> > driving force behind XMLBeans and could officially donate the API
> > sources to the ASF for inclusion into XML Commons Externals. And Cliff
> > is XMLBeans' PMC chair. :-) So, before the API sources can be included
> > in XML Commons Externals a clarification will be necessary IMO.
>
> I agree.
>
> > [1] https://jaxp-sources.dev.java.net/source/browse/jaxp-
> > sources/jaxp-api/src/javax/xml/license.txt?rev=1.
> > 1&view=auto&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
> > [2] https://jaxp-sources.dev.java.net/source/browse/jaxp-
> > sources/jaxp-api/src/javax/xml/stream/StreamFilter.java?rev=1.
> > 1&view=auto&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
> >
> > On 29.03.2006 00:45:11 Michael Glavassevich wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > The Xerces developers (myself included) have started planning for a
> > > Xerces-J release which will add support for JAXP 1.4 [1][2]. JAXP 1.4

> is a
> > > minor update to JAXP 1.3; the largest technical change being the
> addition
> > > of StAX (JSR 173) [3] and new Source/Result classes (see the
> > > javax.xml.transform.stax package) which can be used with transformers

> and
> > > validators. I believe Apache Harmony will eventually require JAXP 1.4

> to
> > > complete an implementation of Java SE 6.0. Other Apache projects
> (Axis2,
> > > XMLBeans, etc...) are already using StAX.
> > >
> > > With the JAXP 1.4 specification nearing finalization I propose that
> the
> > > main trunk of XML Commons External be upgraded to JAXP 1.4 and a
> branch be
> > > created for maintenance of JAXP 1.3 (which is what is currently on
the
>
> > > main trunk).
> > >
> > > I noticed that a copy of the StAX API source is being distributed
with
>
> > > XMLBeans here [4] (see jsr173_1.0_api_bundle.jar) and on Apache
mirror
>
> > > sites. The source files contain Javadoc so it would be great if we
> could
> > > use them. The README contained in the jar states that the source and
> > > binary files are distributed under the Apache License 2.0, so it
would
>
> > > appear to me that the source can be included [5] in XML Commons
> External.
> > > What do folks think?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > [1] https://jaxp-sources.dev.java.net/nonav/docs/spec/html/
> > > [2] https://jaxp-sources.dev.java.net/nonav/docs/api/
> > > [3] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=173
> > > [4] http://www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/xmlbeans/jars/
> > > [5] http://people.apache.org/~cliffs/3party.html#category-a
> > >
> > > Michael Glavassevich
> > > XML Parser Development
> > > IBM Toronto Lab
> > > E-mail: [email protected]
> > > E-mail: [email protected]
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeremias Maerki
>
> Michael Glavassevich
> XML Parser Development
> IBM Toronto Lab
> E-mail: [email protected]
> E-mail: [email protected]
>
>
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