A collected summary of items that ran on the xmlhack newswire on 7 January, 2003.
Daniel Veillard announces libxml2-2.5.0from Uche Ogbuji at 21:16, 7 Janlibxml is an XML processing library written in C. The major new feature is XmltextReader, a API that combines simplicity with performance, inspired by the C# interface of the same name.
Shareable Content Object Reference Model Initiative (SCORM)from Uche Ogbuji at 21:07, 7 JanSCORM is an XML-based language and related API for describing the structure of content designed for courseware. SCORM is sponsored by the U.S. Advanced Distributed Learning initiative.
Ecological Metadata Language (EML) 2.0from Uche Ogbuji at 21:03, 7 JanEML, based on prior work by the Ecological Society of America, is a specification for ecological metadata implemented in a series of XML documents.
Apple announces new web browser, Safarifrom Edd Dumbill at 19:26, 7 JanNew browser is based on the open source Konqueror browser component, integrates better with OS X, and boasts fast loading times. Public beta available, requires MacOS X 10.2 or higher.