Markup Language (SGML/XML) Parsing/Processing?

Eric Ulevik eau at fast.fujitsu.com.au
Tue Sep 21 04:24:28 UTC 1999


From: David Cramer <dacramer at videon.wave.ca>
> the XML wave is big and getting bigger. If Java takes over
> this field by default, Smalltalk (and Squeak) will have a bigger task by a
> factor of 1000 than it had before, and it didn't seem to be doing so hot
> before!

A useful product would be a XML Repository implemented in Squeak. This would
store raw XML files (which is expected to be slow, so performance is a
non-issue)  and provide nice interfaces (Smalltalk DOM and SAX interface,
XML Query server, XML-RPC and SOAP).

Most of the Java XML Parsers are low quality. They don't implement proper
conformance checking, and can be slow on large files. If such a product had
a high quality parser, this would be a major competitive advantage.

XML is usually regarded as a competitor to Java - because it allows
integration of disparate systems. XML can provide the glue by which Squeak
can integrate into the rest of the computing universe.

Regards,

Eric Ulevik





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