Re: PyXML for py 2.5

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> What about changing the "XML" link on the
Python homepage to point to a
> Wiki page? I think this one would come close:
>
> http://wiki.pyt
hon.org/moin/PythonXml
>   

If I understand the responses I got to my original question
correctly, 
the SIG views the lxml package as the successor to PyXML,
its former but 
now abandoned flagship for making Python the premier
language for XML 
processing.  Is that right?  If so, I'm not sure that this
WiKi  page 
makes that fact clear.  If I misunderstood the responses I
got, well, 
it's hard to imagine Python becoming the premier language
for XML 
processing without support for document validation in the
standard 
library distribution.

-- 
Bob Kline
http://www.rksystems.com

mailto:bklinerksystems.com

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> If I understand the responses I got to my original
question correctly, 
> the SIG views the lxml package as the successor to
PyXML, its former but 
> now abandoned flagship for making Python the premier
language for XML 
> processing.  Is that right?  If so, I'm not sure that
this WiKi  page 
> makes that fact clear.  If I misunderstood the
responses I got, well, 
> it's hard to imagine Python becoming the premier
language for XML 
> processing without support for document validation in
the standard 
> library distribution.

I don't think Python is or should be the premier language to
do XML
processing. If you have an application that is entirely
about XML
processing, use Java.

If you have an application that integrates a lot of
different things
(or perhaps just two or three of them), and XML processing
is one,
you should consider Python. Then you should analyze your
processing
needs, and pick a Python library that meets these needs.

If you found that validation is a processing need, I
strongly recommend
that you re-evaluate your processing needs (whether you use
Python
or not). IMHO, validation is much over-rated and over-used.

As for the flagship library to do XML processing: I still
think that's
the standard library. It has always met my own processing
needs, and
it comes as an included battery. Most applications of PyXML
should
easily port to the standard library.

Regards,
Martin

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