Uche Ogbuji has
announced a new (version 0.10.2) release of the
Python-based, open-source
4Suite Server and the 4Suite
collection of XML tools.
The 4Suite site
describes 4Suite Server as "a framework for XML services",
not meant to stand alone as an application server, but
instead to "work closely with other application server
technology". The term 4Suite is used alone (without
the word Server) as the collective name for a set of
Python tools that provide support for "XML parsing, several
transient and persistent DOM implementations, XPath
expressions, XPointer, XSLT transforms, XLink, RDF and ODMG object databases".
Windows and Linux binaries, RPMs, and source code for both
4Suite Server and the 4Suite tools are available from the download page at
the 4Suite site.
Other than bug fixes, changes in version 0.10.2 of 4Suite
Server include:
-
new command-line tools
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new console interface
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various usability improvements and "many,
many" optimizations
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addition of test harnesses to several components
-
documentation improvements
Changes in the version 0.10.2 of the 4Suite tools
include:
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localization support
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"friendlier" error messages
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URI handling fixes
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various optimizations and extensions to the XSLT,
XPath, RDF, and ODMG object-database tools
Discussion of 4Suite Server and the 4Suite tools takes
place on the 4suite
mailing list. Commercial support is available from Fourthought.