[DOC-SIG] XML SIG created

[Andrew Kuchling]

An XML-SIG has been created for discussing XML and Python, and for
developing a set of Python tools for processing XML documents.
See below for the mission statement.

	To join the discussion, you can use the Mailman Web interface at 
<http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig>.

	Alternatively, you can send an email with the word "subscribe"
in either the subject line or the body of the message, to
xml-sig-request@python.org .

	This SIG was inspired by recent XML discussions on the Doc-SIG
and String-SIG; coincidentally, a few people have posted XML-related
messages to the newsgroup.  There seems to be a lot of community
interest in this topic, and development will probably be fast;
prototype implementations of the Document Object Model (DOM) and
Simple API for XML (SAX) have appeared with startling speed.

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XML-SIG: A Special Interest Group for XML Processing in Python

This list has been created to provide a forum for discussion and
implementation of tools to make Python an excellent choice for XML
processing.

XML is the 'Extensible Markup Language', a data format for structured
document interchange.  It seems to have considerable momentum behind
it, and will probably become very important over the next few years.
Consult http://www.w3.org/XML/ for more information.

With appropriate software packages, documentation, and a bit of
publicity, Python could become the premier language for XML
processing.  The goal of this SIG is to decide what software is
required for this purpose, and coordinate its implementation and
documentation.

Concrete goals of the first mandate should include:

	* The glue code required to use existing C/Java XML
parsers from CPython/JPython, and the appropriate documentation.

	* An XML-HOWTO which provides an overview of Python and XML
processing.

	* Implementations of the DOM (Document Object Model) and SAX
(Simple API for XML)

	* As work progresses, the SIG community may realize that other
deliverables are required, and add them to the SIG's goals.

Wrap-up date: September 1998.  
This date may be extended if the SIG community decides that more work
is required.


A.M. Kuchling			http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/
Whatever you do, stamp out abuses, and love those who love you.
	-- Voltaire


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