XMLhack Linux newsDeveloper news from the XML communityNew Linux tools: Adobe SVG viewer and Quick- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Users of the Linux platform will be glad to hear of the release of Adobe's SVG viewer: also JXML's Quick JavaXML toolkit now has explicit Linux support.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1479 Native XML database for Linux- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A new native XML database engine, available as a technology preview download, has been created by German company data ex machina.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1304 Adobe on SVG support for Linux and Netscape 6- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Michael Bierman of Adobe has responded on the SVG developers list to user questions about whether their SVG viewer will support either Linux or Netscape 6.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=911 libxml 2.2.5 released with XPointer support- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Daniel Veillard announced libxml 2.2.5, also known as the Gnome XML library, bringing lots of fixes and an initial XPointer implementation.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=837 Linux developers more likely to use XML- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A recent survey has found that Linux users are more likely to use XML than general developers, and that their XML usage has increased by 75% over the last 6 months.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=801 GNOME libxml 2.2.0 released- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Daniel Veillard has announced release 2.2.0 of libxml, the XML C library that is one of the core components of the GNOME project.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=661 SourceForge for open source development- (Found July 8, 2008 ) VA Linux has opened SourceForge, a site for Open Source software developers to post code, trade ideas, and work together on projects. Though it isn't XML- oriented, a number of projects involving XML or focusing on XML processing are listed on the site.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=196 XMLLinux integration- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Slashdot has a vigorous discussion going on about "Expanding the use of XML in Linux" Opinions vary from "XML sucks" to "just like the Windoze Registry" to "XML Hooray!"http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=6 |