[META-SIG] SGML SIG Proposal

[Paul Prescod]

I propose to create an SGML sig with an explicit 6 month time to live
and an option for renewal at that point.

SGML-SIG: A Special Interest Group on APIs and software for SGML/XML
processing
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Blurb:

This SIG exists in order to discuss classes, interfaces and software for
the processing of SGML documents (including the XML subset).

For more information on the SIG's mandate, see 

http://***not yet set up see below***

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Mandate:

This list exists in order to discuss classes, interfaces and software
for the processing of SGML documents (including the XML subset).

Concrete goals of the first mandate should include:

 * Python version of the World Wide Web Consortium "Document Object
Model" API (this should be a straightforward translation of IDL to
Python)

 * Development of Python-specific event based and tree APIs for
processing of SGML documents. (perhaps inspired by similar efforts in
the Java or C++ worlds and the existing Python SGML processing packages)

 * Development of a validating XML parser that would serve to make XML
competitive in XML processing.

 * Development of a filter for the output of NSGMLS that generates the
events defined in our API.

Longer range goals might include:

 * Embedding of Python into James Clark's C++ SP library.
 * Wrapping of C++ SP and Grove API with our Python-specific APIs.
 * Development of higher level tools for SGML processing (e.g. a
DSSSL-like tool, an "XML-Writer" library, etc.)

 Paul Prescod


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