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"Simon St.Laurent" wrote: > > At 12:41 PM 1/13/00 -0800, David Brownell wrote: > >"Clark C. Evans" wrote: > >> > >> There are going to be lots of server side filter > >> architectures using the SAX interface which may > >> not do this. Indeed, I'd say that the "parser" > >> interface is mis-named. It's really an "emitter". > >> And I'd go so far to say that in a few years, > >> 99% of the "emitters" out there won't be parsers! > > > >I sort of hope so. XML data models shouldn't be > >forced to stop right above parsing; it's not always > >appropriate. It should certainly be possible to > >assemble pipelines of components which may optionally > >be sourced by a parser, but don't need to be. > > This is a serious concern for me - I'd be happy to see the terminology > change from 'parser' to 'emitter' - it'd make explaining the inputs and > outputs on SAX2 ParserFilters a lot easier. My pipeline framework has "producer" and "consumer". The filters are what go between those two, though a producer can't tell a filter from any other kind of consumer. > Funny how much rides in a name. It's central to explaining architectures -- gotta get the connotations right. - Dave 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/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS.
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