RE: AltovaXML Parser

I took a piece of it for a spin yesterday, for validation on the command
line.

its major flaw is its lack of ability to report errors back, either in
reference to the XML or the DTD (and by extension, I assume this holds
for Schemas as well). It just returns "valid" or "invalid". Not really
useful. The DTD and XML are valid inside the regular old XMLSpyPro, but
the parser found the contrary to be true, with no given reason.

It seems like other implementations of the validation piece (java etc)
have some ability to capture at least the last reported error, but in
sum, I've moved on to working with XML Starlet for batch validation
outside of XMLSpy because it at least has the decency to communicate.

I'm interested in what people say about the XSLT piece though. I've been
using Saxon for quite some time, since it integrated 2.0 so much earlier
than the engine native to XMLSpy. I've been satisfied with Saxon but
always keep my ears open.

Kate


Kate Atkins
XML Content Manager
Silverchair Science + Communications
http://www.silverchair.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacoby, Peter R. [mailto:PJACOBY@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:57 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  AltovaXML Parser

I recently noticed that Altova, the makers of XML Spy, have released
their XSLT
parser as a free stand-alone component to be used in application
development.
Named AltovaXML, they claim it has full XSLT 2.0 Schema-Aware support
which I
think would put it as only the second (after Saxon) to offer this
advanced
functionality (and Altova offers it for free).  The website [1] lists
COM, Java,
and .Net interfaces which pretty much covers about 95% of us.

I haven't had a chance to download and play with it yet, but I was
curious if
anyone else has and what their experience has been.  I've been impressed
with
XMLSpy in the past and am intrigued that they are releasing their XSLT
engine as
a stand-alone product.

[1] http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html

-Peter