FW: JAXE (Very neat xml editor...)

XDI TC
members:

 

I'm
forwarding this message from another OASIS chair about a Java-based XML editor
that he's quite fond of. This could be very handy for editing XML source files (which
I think we'll be doing a lot of), and possibly even for editing specs using the
DocBook template.

 

Prospective
editors, you might want to check it out and send a note back to the list with
your reactions.

 

=Drummond 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Matthew MacKenzie
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Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:37
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Cc: Chairs OASIS

Subject: [chairs] JAXE (Very neat
xml editor...)

 

Hello
everyone,

I ran into this open source XML editor at http://jaxe.sourceforge.net. It is
totally configured from a schema and a special XML file that defines the menus
and popups for filling in attributes and such. It is written in Java, so it is
platform independent, its pretty fast, and the source for the product is easy
to work with (if you know french....).

I've cc'ed ebxml-msg and chairs. ebxml-msg: I'm considering ditching
word/openoffice again :-)

Chairs: re: the document management discussions. It would be possible to embed
this tool within a web browser, or deploy it on demand via JNLP (Java
WebStart). It ships with the default DocBook XSL, but the OASIS template could
easily be added. This could be used to do halfway intelligent editing on specifications,
FAQ pages, issue lists, ...