[XML-SIG] Python Wrapper for Xerces/Xalan

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Juergen Hermann wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> We consider doing a wrapper for Xerces and Xalan as an OS project. One
> question is where to host it:
> 
>         1. Own SourceForge project
>         2. Part of PyXML
>         3. Part of Xerces / Xalan projects
> 
> 3 is unlikely. Option 2 seems not too clever, since installing Xerces
> and Xalan are extra steps anyway, and I doubt anyone seriously wants to
> include them in a standard PyXML distribution.

I'd suggest 1 and using a distutils setup so that installation
becomes a breeze.
 
> Working title for the project would be "pirxx" (Python InteRface to
> Xalan and Xerces, anyone who has read Stanislaw Lem should know where
> the name comes from).

Isn't that name already taken by Christian Tismer ;-)
 
> Before we really launch this, I also would like to know who's
> interested into such a wrapper (I've seen some requests in the past)
> and also who would be able and willing to contribute (developers,
> documenters, beta-testers, ...).

Could you provide pointers to Xerces and Xalan ?

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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