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An alpha release of JUMBO9801-core is available; details are in the copy of index.html reproduced below. JUMBO is SAX-compliant and I would be particularly interested in your experiences in installing it in that manner. I have deliberately not included any SAX material or other parser-writer's material [1]. Documentation is sparse, but being produced (in XML, of course) to be fully integrated with the menu system. One major change is the componentisation of JUMBO - this should aid in downloading (which used to be a problem) - the tgz is now 350 Kbytes which I hope is manageable. I would - as always - be very grateful for anyone who wishes to mirror JUMBO resources. Please note that JUMBO is NOT a specialist browser for Chemical Markup Language [I'd be grateful for changes in current pointers which imply this :-)]. It is a generic element-based XML tool, and will make a readable, if not beautiful, job of rendering Lark.xml, Julius Caesar, etc. It can be extended via JUMBO-FOOML to support FOOML. As one example of FOOML, JUMBO-CML will be released in a few days (see parallel message) which DOES provide specialist support for Chemical Markup Language :-) I'd be extremely grateful for feedback - this is "alpha". There is a list of known deficiencies in the distribution. The important thing at this stage is not that it runs well, but that it runs at all... For example I know that refreshing graphics on a Sirius Cybernetics machine is *extremely* slow P. -------------------------------JUMBO9801a index.html----------------------- Jumbo9801a This document describes the alpha "snapshot" (i.e. release) of JUMBO in Jan 1998. Description JUMBO is an element-oriented system for processing XML documents. It can read and parse (with/without additional parsers, with/without the SAX interface). It creates a tree or elements and attributes with various types of content. It also supports processing instructions (PIs) in a generic manner. There is support for namespaces and XSL stylesheets, though JUMBO does not have sophisticated rendering. It has a browsing model based on a tree/TOC model, event streams or customised element display. It supports (SIMPLE) XLL navigation including NEW and REPLACE and most Xpointer syntax. It extends the latter to provide sophisticated search and navigation tools for the document. JUMBO also provides authoring and editing facilities, driven by DTD information where possible. These can be customised to provide novel types of data input other than text. JUMBO is designed to be extended, especially through subclassing or elements, and I hope that a collaborative community (cf. tcl/tk, LaTeX, Linux) will develop for its future support. Offers are very welcome here. Main Features JUMBO is 100% pure Java (1.02) and runs as an applet or application. JUMBO does not knowingly deviate from the X*L specs, apart from known limitations. JUMBO has an elementary XML parser, sufficient for its own configuration files. JUMBO has been developed to be used with the SAX API so that any SAX-J-compliant parser (1998-01-28: AElfred, Lark, MSXML, NXP, (XP not yet done)) can be used at runtime. Parsers can be selected in the commandline or through menus. The parse result is treated as a tree and displayed on a tableOfContents (TOC). This allows access to all main components (elements, attributes, content, PIs) Components are rendered as: subtrees/TOCs; event streams (text, tagged text and others); and individual objects. Fonts can be selected. JUMBO menus are driven by (internal) XML documents which include HTML-based help on a per-item basis The JUMBO GUI has several components allowing assessment of the document and its processing including error announcement (Draconian). Xpointers (XLL) are implemented for: linking into subcomponents of XML documents; searching XML documents; internal management of XML documents (e.g. menus, stylesheets, namespaces) User-based searching is through an interface which allows boolean combination of strict XPointer addressing. Hits are highlighted in the TOC. X*L-specific tools (Find IDs, NAMEs) are included. XLL is implemented for SIMPLE. NEW and REPLACE are implemented; EMBED is on a per-application basis. AUTO and USER are implemented. (JUMBO extensions can link into non-XML documents). New XML (and non-XML files) can be read into JUMBO under menu control. The current tree (possibly modified) can be saved as XML. Window components can be saved as GIFs There are a variety of options for browsing elements, attributes, PCDATA and whitespace. Two display options (TOC and TOC+object) can be chosen - more will follow. Objects can be displayed in individual Frames. JUMBO allows import of non-XML documents by setting MIME types and requiring per-MIME conversion code. The conversion is done on-the-fly. JUMBO supports some non-SAX information on a per-parser basis. This includes DTD components such as ATTLISTs and ELEMENT contentDeclarations JUMBO can be used for editing existing documents, sometimes with primitive DTD or schema-based control. It can also be used for creating new documents. JUMBO has an experimental approach towards namespaces Stylesheets: JUMBO is tracking the public XSL spec and can read XSL documents JUMBO is easily extended to provide support for Java-based applications on a package/namespace basis. The following are currently available: jumbo.sgml.html (HTML V2.0). This supports well-formed HTML at about V2.0 level (but no tables or forms). Rendering is readable but not optimised for performance or beauty. JUMBO-HTML is included in the alpha distribution. jumbo.tecml (Technical Markup Language). This is aimed at technical and scientific applications provides strong data typing (FLOAT, DATE, etc.) with UNITS and structuring (ARRAY and LIST). Some commonly used data types are also included: BIB, PERSON, FIGURE, etc. NOT included in alpha distribution jumbo.cml (Chemical Markup Language). This provides support for molecular applications. NOT included in alpha distribution jumbo.chemime (Chemical MIME). Classes to convert non-XML files (chemical/x-*) into XML trees on the fly. NOT included in alpha distribution jumbo.vhg (Virtual HyperGlossary). Support for XML-based terminology including ISO12620 terms. NOT included in alpha distribution Installation JUMBO9801a is available at http://www.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms/java/jumbo/jan9801. Details of installation are available; it will be useful to install one or more SAX-compliant (http://www.microstar.com/xml/sax) parsers. Copyright, Collaboration, Source, Warranty JUMBO is copyright Peter Murray-Rust. It is available without fee, but may not be redistributed or used for commercial purposes or teaching without permission. It is my intention that JUMBO is freely available for personal use by individuals and for personal use within organisations at present. Class libraries will be available on the WWW. I hope to develop a LaTeX/tcl-like club of collaborators and the precise nature of future copyright will depend on that; I would like to relax the restrictions above. I am reluctant at present to make source freely available except to collaborators since (through experience) I fear the distribution of mutants and the misappropriation of authorship. Constructive suggestions would be welcomed here. If a stable core can be communally developed (like tcl) I would feel more relaxed. So, if you are seriously interested in helping give me a mail with details. No guarantee is made of JUMBO's fitness for any purpose and the author is not responsible for any damage caused by whatever means. Copyright Peter Murray-Rust, 1996, 1997, 1998 [1] I have included Lark.xml and saxpec.html in the distribution - I hope the authors don't mind :-) Peter Murray-Rust, Director Virtual School of Molecular Sciences, domestic net connection VSMS http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms, Virtual Hyperglossary http://www.venus.co.uk/vhg xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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