[Zope] Zope needs this (and Dynamo has it)

[Martijn Faassen]

Patrick Phalen wrote:
> [Martijn Faassen, on Tue, 07 Mar 2000]
> :: Thirded. I discussed starting somekind of Zope-XML SIG with Amos Latteier
> :: and generally he's favorable to this, but how do we start? We need a mailing
> :: list for starters..
> 
> One place to start might be to join the Python XML SIG. It has a high
> S/N and most of the discussion is probably relevant to the Zope XML
> effort.

> It would provide the benefit of knowing what's currently available from
> AMK, Four Thought, etc., which might be reusable for Zope.
> 
> Four Thought's 4DOM, 4XSLT, 4XPath are getting pretty mature, with 4ODS
> and 4XLink in the wings.

Right, this is certainly a good place to go to as well. But Zope has its
own rather different requirements, and I think we need a seperate place
to discuss adapting all these technologies so they'll work with Zope -- 
the people in the Python XML-SIG might not care about Zope.

Also, the Zope XML list should also be the place where people ask *questions*
on using Zope with XML; this way we learn more about what people want and
what problems they may be having. And that way we can improve Zope's 
XML support. The Python XML-SIG wouldn't be the right place for that.

> Additionally, if you haven't the bandwidth (I certainly don't) to
> follow the xml-dev newsgroup, the XML SIG gives you a filtered view of
> all the mighty standards power struggles going on as we speak in the XML
> world, so you can have some perspective on the right time to jump on the
> Schema train and so forth.

Okay, I was considering joining that SIG anyway, but I don't think it's
enough for developing Zope's XML support.

Regards,

Martijn