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Posted to j-dev@xerces.apache.org by Ed Staub <es...@mediaone.net> on 2000/07/12 19:55:52 UTC
[Xerces2] Requirements list; 'Xerces2'?; cross-posting
If no one better-suited has volunteered to run the proposed requirements
list in the interim, I'll post an updated list tonight.
I'd like to get the list into HTML, to allow linking back to the mail
archive,
and onto the website (to reduce mail bandwidth).
I'd also like to get it into CVS (to preserve history).
Can I get a volunteer committer and a volunteer with website access who will
post these for me?
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Do we have consensus on "Xerces2" as a name?
All of the very recent mail has been in favor.
Should someone actively poll the committers?
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There are many proposed requirements.
Some are in conflict.
Some will never be implemented.
For the moment, it makes sense to just collect all the proposals.
But it seems sensible to winnow the list soon.
Otherwise, the effort will become really poorly defined.
Do people agree?
If so, how do we do it?
Here's a process proposal, based on what I've seen at W3C.
Break up requirements into logical groups.
Set a period of a week or to discuss each group.
Midway in the period,
take an early straw vote to see where people are at.
At the end of the period,
vote on an action item for each requirement in the group.
In general, on requirements where there's no consensus
at the end of the period, simply move on to the next group.
After we've gotten through everything once,
go back to the hard issues and try to resolve them.
This process requires a facilitator, to lay out the groups, call the votes,
etc.
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I think this discussion should probably move to(ONLY)
xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org., not general@xml.apache.org. I'm going to
start posting just on xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org. OK?
-Ed Staub
Re: [Xerces2] Requirements list; 'Xerces2'?; cross-posting
Posted by Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>.
Arnaud Le Hors wrote:
>
> As far as defining what comes out of the parser goes we must put the XML
> Information Set [1] on the list of requirements.
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset
Oh, totally +1, it was obvious to me.
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<st...@apache.org> Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: [Xerces2] Requirements list; 'Xerces2'?; cross-posting
Posted by Arnaud Le Hors <le...@us.ibm.com>.
As far as defining what comes out of the parser goes we must put the XML
Information Set [1] on the list of requirements.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset
--
Arnaud Le Hors - IBM Cupertino, XML Technology Group
Re: [Xerces2] Requirements list; 'Xerces2'?; cross-posting
Posted by Arnaud Le Hors <le...@us.ibm.com>.
Ed Staub wrote:
>
> If no one better-suited has volunteered to run the proposed requirements
> list in the interim, I'll post an updated list tonight.
Great!
> Do we have consensus on "Xerces2" as a name?
> All of the very recent mail has been in favor.
> Should someone actively poll the committers?
I hope nobody will want to waste any more time on looking for another
name when there are so many more important issues to work on. Let's
focus our energy on the requirements!
> I think this discussion should probably move to(ONLY)
> xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org., not general@xml.apache.org. I'm going to
> start posting just on xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org. OK?
I agree.
--
Arnaud Le Hors - IBM Cupertino, XML Technology Group
Re: [Xerces2] Requirements list; 'Xerces2'?; cross-posting
Posted by Octav Chipara <oc...@cse.unl.edu>.
Hi Ed,
This is great ...
Octav
> If no one better-suited has volunteered to run the proposed requirements
> list in the interim, I'll post an updated list tonight.
>
> I'd like to get the list into HTML, to allow linking back to the mail
> archive,
> and onto the website (to reduce mail bandwidth).
>
> I'd also like to get it into CVS (to preserve history).
>
> Can I get a volunteer committer and a volunteer with website access who will
> post these for me?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Do we have consensus on "Xerces2" as a name?
> All of the very recent mail has been in favor.
> Should someone actively poll the committers?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> There are many proposed requirements.
> Some are in conflict.
> Some will never be implemented.
> For the moment, it makes sense to just collect all the proposals.
>
> But it seems sensible to winnow the list soon.
> Otherwise, the effort will become really poorly defined.
> Do people agree?
> If so, how do we do it?
> Here's a process proposal, based on what I've seen at W3C.
>
> Break up requirements into logical groups.
> Set a period of a week or to discuss each group.
>
> Midway in the period,
> take an early straw vote to see where people are at.
>
> At the end of the period,
> vote on an action item for each requirement in the group.
>
> In general, on requirements where there's no consensus
> at the end of the period, simply move on to the next group.
>
> After we've gotten through everything once,
> go back to the hard issues and try to resolve them.
>
> This process requires a facilitator, to lay out the groups, call the votes,
> etc.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think this discussion should probably move to(ONLY)
> xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org., not general@xml.apache.org. I'm going to
> start posting just on xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org. OK?
>
>
> -Ed Staub
>
>
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