[Webware-devel] PXDB v 0.1 XML-relational mapper (?)

[Paul T <pault12@pa...>]

The PXDB announce is at the end of the letter.

PXDB is many ways similar to MiddleKit ...

My long-term idea was to get some kind of a 
language-neutral (through XML-RPC) 
'XML' repository. 

I like WebWare a lot, so I think that PXDB 
would always be based on Webware and 
I also think that XML-RPC access + PSP-based 
Admin GUI looks like a natural fit for Webware 
architecture? Am I right?

Should I wrap it in a plugin? In fact, it *is* 
a Webware plugin already, very similar to 
MiddleKit,  but there is no documentation, 
no security, some things can be improved 
e t.c.

Well, maybe it does not deserve to be in a core
( in it's current shape it definitely does not 
deserve to be in a core ), but maybe it could be 
listed at : http://webware.sourceforge.net/ThirdParty.shtml ?

What do you think? Just wanted to get a feedback.
The url's below point to the online demo, direct URL 
to online demo is: http://www.pault.com:88/wu/wu/PXDBAdmin/

Rgds.Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul T 
To: xml-dev@... 
Cc: sml-dev@... ; xml-server@... 
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:08 AM
Subject: ANN: PXDB v 0.1 Alpha.



PXDB is a simple application, written in Python. It takes XML files ( Chunks ) and places them into (any) SQL database. There are also APIs for querying / altering / deleting / ordering / linking e t.c. PXDB is like a middle ground between SQL database and XML repository. One can view 
PXDB as a strange object database on top of SQL storage, with some elements of XML (CPath). 

1.Download nxml.zip from: http://www.pault.com/pault/pxml/nxml.html
2.Online Demo and Description : http://www.pault.com/pault/pxml/pxdb.html

It is in alpha. Or maybe pre-alpha. The purpose is to collect feedback. 
No installation instructions yet. But it works, actually.

The implementation is just two short Python files 
( PXML.py (13K) and PXDB.py  (21K) ) so the lack
of documentation should not be a problem for 
more-or-less experienced Python developer. 

Rgds.Paul.

PS. nxml.zip also contains updated version of Perl Chunks, 
because I first implemented Chunks in Perl -  switching 
to Python was unexpected.

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[Webware-devel] PXDB v 0.1 XML-relational mapper (?)

[Paul T <pault12@pa...>]

The PXDB announce is at the end of the letter.

PXDB is many ways similar to MiddleKit ...

My long-term idea was to get some kind of a 
language-neutral (through XML-RPC) 
'XML' repository. 

I like WebWare a lot, so I think that PXDB 
would always be based on Webware and 
I also think that XML-RPC access + PSP-based 
Admin GUI looks like a natural fit for Webware 
architecture? Am I right?

Should I wrap it in a plugin? In fact, it *is* 
a Webware plugin already, very similar to 
MiddleKit,  but there is no documentation, 
no security, some things can be improved 
e t.c.

Well, maybe it does not deserve to be in a core
( in it's current shape it definitely does not 
deserve to be in a core ), but maybe it could be 
listed at : http://webware.sourceforge.net/ThirdParty.shtml ?

What do you think? Just wanted to get a feedback.
The url's below point to the online demo, direct URL 
to online demo is: http://www.pault.com:88/wu/wu/PXDBAdmin/

Rgds.Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul T 
To: xml-dev@... 
Cc: sml-dev@... ; xml-server@... 
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:08 AM
Subject: ANN: PXDB v 0.1 Alpha.



PXDB is a simple application, written in Python. It takes XML files ( Chunks ) and places them into (any) SQL database. There are also APIs for querying / altering / deleting / ordering / linking e t.c. PXDB is like a middle ground between SQL database and XML repository. One can view 
PXDB as a strange object database on top of SQL storage, with some elements of XML (CPath). 

1.Download nxml.zip from: http://www.pault.com/pault/pxml/nxml.html
2.Online Demo and Description : http://www.pault.com/pault/pxml/pxdb.html

It is in alpha. Or maybe pre-alpha. The purpose is to collect feedback. 
No installation instructions yet. But it works, actually.

The implementation is just two short Python files 
( PXML.py (13K) and PXDB.py  (21K) ) so the lack
of documentation should not be a problem for 
more-or-less experienced Python developer. 

Rgds.Paul.

PS. nxml.zip also contains updated version of Perl Chunks, 
because I first implemented Chunks in Perl -  switching 
to Python was unexpected.

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