[ANN] Candle 0.10 Beta Release - introducing a new object notation

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Dear members of xml-dev list,

I'm glad to announce the 0.10 beta release of Candle. Candle is an open-source (MPL) scripting language that unifies the core features of many XML-related technologies (including XSLT, XQuery, XQuery Update, RELAX NG, BNF, XHTML, SVG and more). It can be used to rapidly develop command-line, desktop and Internet applications.

This new release introduces a new hierarchical namespace syntax and adds support for a new object notation. You can find out more details from the updated reference documents, as well as my 3 new blogs:

Who Needs XML: I talked about the problems of XML as a general data-exchange format, especially when used for structured data.
A Markup Notation Better Then Ever: I showed how Candle unifies XML markup data model with OOP object data model, and its advantages comparing to formats like XML, JSON, JavaFX literal object and YAML.
The Examples Speak For Themselve: I showed how Candle Markup can effectively express different kinds of structured data, like iCanlendar Record, SVG, MathML, DOT graph language, POV-Ray SDL, and Lua configuration.

Among the 3 approaches suggested by Jams Clark: XML 2.0, XML.next, MicroXML, Candle Markup is definitely along the XML.next line. Whether there's any merit in it, I'd like to hear your comments.

Henry

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