XMLhack SGML/XML newsDeveloper news from the XML communityLong-awaited entity-resolver Java classes finally released- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Norman Walsh has announced the release of SAX entityResolver() and JAXP URIResolver() Java classes he wrote to implement the OASIS XML Catalogs Committee Specification (in addition to the TR9401 and Apache XCatalogs specifications).http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1342 Open source Java topic map engine- (Found July 2, 2008 ) TM4J is a free topic map engine providing interfaces for the creation, manipulation, import and export of XML topic maps.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1326 SemanText 0.72 released- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Eric Freese of ISOGEN has announced release 0.72 of SemanText, a Python application using topic maps to represent semantic networks.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1306 Two homes for XTM- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Having lost their supporting organization GCAIDEAlliance, TopicMaps.Org might split their development between ISO for specifications and OASIS for XTM applications.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1249 Metadata processing framework- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Kal Ahmed has announced MDF, a specification and implementation of reusable modules for the processing of metadata.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1229 Rethinking TopicMaps.Org- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Steve Pepper, co-editor of the XML Topic Maps specification, has opened up discussion on the future of TopicMaps.Org, the organization behind XTM.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1184 New Topic Maps site from Biezunski and Newcomb- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Michel Biezunski has announced TopicMaps.net, a new independent site dedicated to the work he and Steve Newcomb are pursuing on Topic Maps.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1130 |