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perl-xml
Re: Perl/XML FAQ (WAS: Stopping the same questions!!)
by Barrie Slaymaker other posts by this author
Feb 14 2002 2:26PM messages near this date
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Perl/XML FAQ (WAS: Stopping the same questions!!) | RE: Can't install XML::LibXML even though I have libxml2-2.4.9
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:38:13AM -0000, Grant McLean wrote:
>  
>  My thoughts so far:

First off, thanks for stepping forward.  An up to date FAQ will help
a lot.

>  - FAQ should be maintained in XML format

Why not YAML?   ;)

>  - Master XML document should live on Sourceforge so that
>    it can live on in the event of the proverbial bus strike

I'm sure it'll be mirrored; there's no guarantee that sf will be around
for centuries either.

>  - ideas on areas that need to be covered
>  - specific questions that need to be answered

* What are all the XML oriented namespaces?
* What namespace is appropriate for my module?

>  - answers to some of those questions
>  - links to useful resources

Kip's articles spring *right* to mind for some reason.  ;)

Also the ZVON toturials:

    http://www.zvon.org/index.php?nav_id=tutorials&mime=html and especially

their interactive labs.  For instance, the XPath lab is at

    http://www.zvon.org:9001/saxon/cgi-bin/XLab/XML/extras.html?stylesheetFile=XSLT/xpath.xs
lt

>  In the event that I deliver an updated FAQ I 
>  hope we can continue without descending into RTFM (RTFFAQ?) 
>  jibes.

The key here is to provide a URI for the appropriate section.  RTFMing
occurs a lot on the mod_perl list, for instance, and the messages with
links to the appropriate section make that a good thing.

- Barrie
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