XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine.
I think keeping with industry standards and trends would be important. ReactOS should have some form of XML standard. I also think ROS should have OpenDOC implimented in the core text prosessing aplications. i.e. winepad. wordpad clone and more.
On 12/5/05, Rick Langschultz rlangschultz@cox.net wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- David Johnson http://www.davefilms.us Producer
OpenDocument Support could be an important "Wow Factor" Idea for 0.4.0. Isn't OC XML Based?
On 12/5/05, David Johnson davidjohnson.johnson@gmail.com wrote:
I think keeping with industry standards and trends would be important. ReactOS should have some form of XML standard. I also think ROS should have OpenDOC implimented in the core text prosessing aplications. i.e. winepad. wordpad clone and more.
On 12/5/05, Rick Langschultz rlangschultz@cox.net wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- David Johnson http://www.davefilms.us Producer _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- "I had a handle on life, but then it broke"
I think so, ODF is a ZIP file (with different extensions) that contain multiple XML files. I think putting an XML file within a zip or a tar.gz file would be a great way to develop a new application protocol stearing away from binary executables to text based executables. One way to do this is by maybe adding different schemas in the XML file to allow access to different DLLs located on the system side. Actions can be added to different buttons and labels by integrating Javascript, VBscript, C#, Python, TCL, etc, code within that XML file or a script folder within the ZIP file.
I will tell you this idea isn't the first experience i have had with this type of programming. If you check out www.bindows.net the concept really shines through. The power of Javascript can only go so far though. XML is a wonderful way to allow young developers to show off their programming skills. There are so many technologies that can be incorporated such as SVG and XMPP. Wouldn't it be cool to have a 100% text based application that handles instant messaging. Couple that with something like XMLFO and there you go a PDF creator. The ideas are unlimited...
On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:51 AM, TwoTailedFox wrote:
OpenDocument Support could be an important "Wow Factor" Idea for 0.4.0. Isn't OC XML Based?
On 12/5/05, David Johnson davidjohnson.johnson@gmail.com wrote:
I think keeping with industry standards and trends would be important. ReactOS should have some form of XML standard. I also think ROS should have OpenDOC implimented in the core text prosessing aplications. i.e. winepad. wordpad clone and more.
On 12/5/05, Rick Langschultz rlangschultz@cox.net wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- David Johnson http://www.davefilms.us Producer _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- "I had a handle on life, but then it broke"
Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
David Johnson wrote:
I think keeping with industry standards and trends would be important. ReactOS should have some form of XML standard. I also think ROS should have OpenDOC implimented in the core text prosessing aplications. i.e. winepad. wordpad clone and more.
Feel free to work on it. I think most of us have different goals at the moment and in the near future.
- Thomas
XML as a standard for describing data structure is great - no problem with it. What you describe sounds weird - I doubt it would be feasible for this use and bring any advantage over existing interpreted languages. What is the main reason for it? "Everybody's using it" doesn't seem enough to me - i.e. everyone's using it, let's use it too (especially when you propose to use it for something it was not intended to). If you want to be able to put together applications quickly I much better liked the XUL idea that was under discussion here (but that's the GUI part). It's already here, well developed, tested - just port it...
Just my 2 cents ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Rick Langschultz Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:25 PM To: ReactOS Development List Subject: [ros-dev] Feature Request
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
While this is a good idea, I think such a project should be created with the whole windows-compatible market in mind, and develop MSI support for ROS. I'd rather see full MSI supprt ATM, to make ROS windows-compatible to the largest extent possible.
/nitro2k01
On 12/5/05, Rick Langschultz rlangschultz@cox.net wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- The blog of nitro2k01: http://soundandcomplete.blogspot.com/ Saliga äro de som kan stava till 2k01!
It's not so much MSI support, but the Installer looking for things that arn't there.
On 12/6/05, nitro2k01 nitro2k01@gmail.com wrote:
While this is a good idea, I think such a project should be created with the whole windows-compatible market in mind, and develop MSI support for ROS. I'd rather see full MSI supprt ATM, to make ROS windows-compatible to the largest extent possible.
/nitro2k01On 12/5/05, Rick Langschultz rlangschultz@cox.net wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
These applications would be written in XML and bundled in a ZIP file much like the ODF formats that OpenOffice 2.0 is using. XML applications would be allowed to communicate with some processing application protocols and functions. I think something like this would be a great feature that would quickly allow novice programmers to quickly develop applications for ReactOS and share them on the website. Think of it, no compilation time. That would be great.
I will try to write a proof-of-concept application for Windows XP and 2000 for trial and testing.
My main question is: If something like this is wanted/needed/or if ReactOS members finds interesting would ReactOS think about supporting it in the first production release. Which is still far off, I would imagine. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- The blog of nitro2k01: http://soundandcomplete.blogspot.com/ Saliga äro de som kan stava till 2k01!
Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
-- "I had a handle on life, but then it broke"
Rick Langschultz wrote:
XML is actively becoming part of technology and programming. Every major development company has embraced some form of XML in one product or another. I was wondering if ReactOS would be interested in developing some form of application to handle XML-based applications.
I think the general consensus is "changing the world" kinds of projects don't belong to ReactOS. And there are better options (Sourceforge, Savannah, BerliOS) if all you're looking for is hosting an external project with no tie to ReactOS
-
David Johnson -
KJKHyperion -
nitro2k01 -
Radovan Skolnik -
Rick Langschultz -
Thomas Weidenmueller -
TwoTailedFox