Re: Project still maintained?

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If I knew the first thing about most of the issues, I'd be more help.
XMLBeans has helped me learn a few things about XML and schemas in general.
Most of our issues are "high level"; i.e., not just minor bug fixes. For
those interested:

- Documentation on getting XMLBeans to run on the NetBeans platform and/or
an OSGi container would be helpful. With JARs in different modules,
XMLBeans can't find dependent libraries (i.e., finding Saxon to do XPath
queries).

- XMLBeans is advertised as DOM Level 2 compliant, but that doesn't seem to
include the DOM Level 2 event model. In the grand scheme of things, there's
no way I'm aware of to listen for add/edit/remove events in XMLBeans. We've
ended up writing our own and firing the events as needed.

- XML Digital Signatures requires that ID attributes be identified as xs:ID
attributes in the schema. XMLBeans' DOM doesn't support this as it's a DOM
Level 3 feature. Digitally signing documents requires us to reparse the
document as DOM.


If I had the ability to address some of these issues or even provide
guidance, I'd do so. My knowledge to date is that of an end user; I
understand the problem, but not a path to the solution.


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Nick Burch <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Michael Bishop wrote:
>
>> This is awfully unfortunate. To my knowledge, there's no comparable
>> product out there. We're still struggling with a few XMLBeans issues that
>> we've had to go to straight DOM to work around. I was hoping that future
>> releases would address some of these issues, but it doesn't appear to be
>> the case.
>>
>
> The project is set to go to the attic as there aren't enough people around
> (on the current PMC) to help maintain it.
>
> If there are new volunteers to help look after it, then it could be saved
> from the attic! If you might be interested in this role, now might be the
> time to read through the resources on http://www.apache.org/dev/ to work
> out what you'd be getting yourself in for, then put yourself forward
>
> Nick
> (Who's not on the XMLBeans PMC, but is on other ones)
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>If I knew the first thing about most o=
f the issues, I&#39;d be more help. XMLBeans has helped me learn a few thin=
gs about XML and schemas in general. Most of our issues are &quot;high leve=
l&quot;; i.e., not just minor bug fixes. For those interested:<br>
<br></div>- Documentation on getting XMLBeans to run on the NetBeans platfo=
rm and/or an OSGi container would be helpful. With JARs in different module=
s, XMLBeans can&#39;t find dependent libraries (i.e., finding Saxon to do X=
Path queries).<br>
<br></div>- XMLBeans is advertised as DOM Level 2 compliant, but that doesn=
&#39;t seem to include the DOM Level 2 event model. In the grand scheme of =
things, there&#39;s no way I&#39;m aware of to listen for add/edit/remove e=
vents in XMLBeans. We&#39;ve ended up writing our own and firing the events=
 as needed.<br>
<br></div>- XML Digital Signatures requires that ID attributes be identifie=
d as xs:ID attributes in the schema. XMLBeans&#39; DOM doesn&#39;t support =
this as it&#39;s a DOM Level 3 feature. Digitally signing documents require=
s us to reparse the document as DOM.<br>
<br><br></div>If I had the ability to address some of these issues or even =
provide guidance, I&#39;d do so. My knowledge to date is that of an end use=
r; I understand the problem, but not a path to the solution.<br></div><div =
class=3D"gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Nick Bu=
rch <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D=
"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding=
-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Michael Bishop wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
This is awfully unfortunate. To my knowledge, there&#39;s no comparable pro=
duct out there. We&#39;re still struggling with a few XMLBeans issues that =
we&#39;ve had to go to straight DOM to work around. I was hoping that futur=
e releases would address some of these issues, but it doesn&#39;t appear to=
 be the case.<br>

</blockquote>
<br></div>
The project is set to go to the attic as there aren&#39;t enough people aro=
und (on the current PMC) to help maintain it.<br>
<br>
If there are new volunteers to help look after it, then it could be saved f=
rom the attic! If you might be interested in this role, now might be the ti=
me to read through the resources on <a href=3D"http://www.apache.org/dev/" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.apache.org/dev/</a> to work out what you&#39;d=
 be getting yourself in for, then put yourself forward<br>

<br>
Nick<br>
(Who&#39;s not on the XMLBeans PMC, but is on other ones)<br>
<br>
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