On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 15:25 +0000, Fraser Goffin wrote:
> Uche,
> 
> no I am not constrained to using XSLT per se but I do prefer it because of 
> its portability.
> 
> You kindly pointed me at your Scimitar implementation when answering another 
> schemaTron question for me a while back and I did download it and talk to 
> some of my design colleagues.

I see.  I forgot.

> Our (current) opinion which is partly based on 
> our level of maturity and the technology policy of our organisation, was 
> that we couldn't really contemplate the implementation of critical aspects 
> of enterprise applications based on a technology we know so little about and 
> have virtually no skills in (I know you said you don't need to know Python, 
> but I'm not just talking about development skills, its operational support 
> for the live environment which is typically our major issue). I would 
> definately consider a Java implementation of ISO SchemaTron if you know of 
> one (sorry I know thats a bit cheeky given your Amara implementation, but 
> schemaTron seems to be losing a little bit of traction, so all publicity is 
> good).

Not at all cheeky.  Different people have different requirements.  I
disagree with your group's opinion of Python's maturity.  It's well
proven in enterprise settings (ask Google, for example), but I also
understand that some perceptions are slow to change.

Unfortunately, I only know of my Python implementation and a .NET
implementation of ISO Schematron, so I can't help with a Java offering.
I've heard there is supposed to be an experimental Java impl based on
Jaxen (jaxen.org)), but I've never actually found an actual project home
page for such a schematron component.


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