RE: [DotGNU]System.Xml

[Simon Guindon]

Why not just develop a .NET compliant System.Xml and then let the world use
it and decide from there if the other 2 options are required.  It just seems
to me doing 3 or even 2 is a little over kill.

How much does MS's implementation vary from the ECMA standard?

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Simon Guindon
Nureality Networks
www.nureality.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Rhys Weatherley
Sent: November 30, 2002 6:06 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: [DotGNU]System.Xml


XML support has historically been a bit of a mess in pnet.
After talking with Gopal, I've identified three plans of
attack for us to take in the coming months.

First, we need an ECMA-compatible System.Xml for the 0.5.0
release.  The easiest way to do that is to the complete the
current implementation in pnetlib.  I've volunteered to be
the guinea pig on that one.

Second, we need a full-blown .NET SDK compatible version
of System.Xml.  The general consensus seems to be that our
best bet here is to reuse Mono's implementation.  I need
volunteers to identify all of the things that we need to
implement in mscorlib.dll and System.dll to support Mono's
code base.

Third, dotgnu.xml needs to be developed as an alternative
API for people who don't like System.Xml.  Probably based
around libxml2.

Thoughts?  Comments?  Flames?

Cheers,

Rhys.
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