Re: XML

[Matt Wimer <matt@cgibuilder.com>]

I downloaded a bunch of XML modules for
perl and am ready to use them, but i am wondering
what are we supposed to be testing?  

Can someone come up with a plan of what us coders 
are supposed to be proving or disproving when
we test out the EDUML?

--matt wimer


On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 10:08:25PM -0800, Micah Yoder wrote:
> Duane Morin wrote:
> 
> > > Write a program, preferrably in C, that, say, iterates through all the
> > 
> > Any special reason for the C requirement?  XML's object-y nature makes
> > it much better suited to a similarly object-y language, like C++, Java
> > or Python.
> 
> Because C is the language for most Linux apps.  Once it's working in C,
> all of us should be able to understand the concepts and use whatever
> language we want.  I could live with C++ also.
> 
> > > Use any toolkit you need to -- hopefully there is a good XML parser we
> > > can just plug in and start getting work done.
> > 
> > Anybody following www.mozilla.org?  Early on they adopted a free XML toolkit,
> > which is a pretty good vote for its quality.  I want to say it was John
> > Clarke's, but I might be recalling that incorrectly.
> 
> Yeah, and I guess GNOME is coming out with one also.  Perhaps a demo of
> each would be nice.
> 
> I assume that data created with one toolkit can be read/modified by
> others.  I just don't *quite* understand how this is possible when
> everything is stored in text files, which really would be inefficient
> for a large school.