Hi Jorge, I've just re-analyzed the situation you've described in right earnest, and following are my findings:
Xerces-J is supposed to use following two branches from Eclipse WTP project located at dev.eclipse.org R3_2_maintenance (this is where the product code of XPath 2.0 processor, is stored which Xerces-J is using. We use this, because this branch as agreed works with JDK 1.4) R3_2_xpath2_14unittests (this is where the unit tests are located, which tests the product code of R3_2_maintenance branch. To run these unit tests, we would need JDK 1.5) These two code branches were created only to facilitate Xerces-J XML Schema 1.1 development. I think these decisions date back to few years ago. I have all the latest code from these two branches, on my development workstation. Following are the results of unit tests run, that I get as of today: There are total 8276 tests on the R3_2_xpath2_14unittests branch. Except for 3 tests in the file CatalogTest.class, that give java.lang.OutOfMemoryError to me, 8273 tests pass. I think these results are great, and there should not be any doubt about the quality of the XPath 2.0 processor, that Xerces-J is currently using on the SVN. The other points that I would like to reply are: You've mentioned a github project, that's forking the XPath 2.0 code base from Eclipse WTP dev.eclipse.org site and making improvements on it. I personally have no issues with this and if you wish to use such an improved PsychoPath XPath 2.0 processor at rackspace. I think, it is convenient for Xerces-J for the next XML Schema 1.1 release, to use the PsychoPath jar which is kept at present on the SVN. But I also think, Xerces-J must have a mechanism to have an improved XPath 2.0 processor anytime in future, than what we currently have on the SVN. I think, the right way for this will be one of the following options: 1) Any improvements must be mentioned as Eclipse WTP bugs on Eclipse forums, and ask for fixes there. We can get new XPath 2.0 jars as part of Eclipse WTP releases. 2) We host a copy of PsychoPath XPath 2.0 code base from R3_2_maintenance and R3_2_xpath2_14unittests branches, as branches on Xerces-J source code site. I think I'll be able to do this, by committing from my development workstation. But for that, I'll need permission from Xerces-J dev members and ideally from PMC also. Someone else may also, fetch latest code base from Eclipse WTP R3_2_maintenance and R3_2_xpath2_14unittests branches, and commit to Xerces-J SVN. 3) We take all new improvements for PsychoPath XPath 2.0 code base, from the github PsychoPath site that you've created for rackspace. But the first two options that I've mentioned, look more natural to me when I see how Xerces-J and Eclipse WTP work together. I'm copying this mail to Michael if he would like to comment anything on this. On 24 June 2016 at 19:46, Jorge Williams <jorge.willi...@rackspace.com> wrote: > Hey Mukul, > > > Sorry I should have been more specific. I'm sure that Xerces does indeed > pass the XML Schema 1.1 test suite. That said, we have run into a number > of issues that are directly related with errors in XPath -- which XML > Schema 1.1 uses for assertions. So when I say test suite, I'm talking > about PsycoPath passing the W3C XPath / XQuery test suite. If you look at > the github project ( > https://github.com/sharwell/webtools.sourceediting.xpath), you can see > that Sam has integrated the test suite into the build process and you > can see specifically which tests are failing and which tests have been > corrected in the Rackspace branch. > > > -jOrGe W. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mukul Gandhi <muk...@apache.org> > *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2016 3:58 AM > *To:* j-users@xerces.apache.org > *Cc:* s...@tunnelvisionlabs.com > *Subject:* Re: Interaction between redefine+include breaks augmenting a > base schema's element with new attributes > > Hi Jorge, > We (that includes I think me, Jesper & Dave Carver) had done various > fixes earlier to the originally contributed PsycoPath library that Xerces > uses for its XML Schema 1.1 implementation. I can say with much > responsibility (being a previous committer to Eclipse WTP source editing, > and also as a PMC member of Xerces), that the current jar file for > PsycoPath, on Xerces SVN conforms fully to the W3C XML Schema 1.1 test > suite. > > You say, '.. XPath 2 implementation reports over 800 failures in the W3C > test suite'. I'm curious what W3C XML Schema 1.1 tests, you and Sam found > that PsycoPath library used by Xerces does not pass? Our XML Schema 1.1 > conformance reports are located at: > http://wiki.apache.org/xerces/xmlschema11TestSuiteReports. I believe, > this is also indirectly linked from the XML Schema 1.1 specification. > > > On 24 June 2016 at 02:49, Jorge Williams <jorge.willi...@rackspace.com> > wrote: > >> Hey Guys, >> >> >> If we are planning a release of Xerces, may I suggest that we also update >> version of PsycoPath that Xerces is currently using. The current version of >> the XPath 2 implementation reports over 800 failures in the W3C test >> suite. Sam Harwell has been able to reduce this number to about 34! >> >> I’m in the process of reviewing these fixes — which you can find here: >> >> <https://github.com/sharwell/webtools.sourceediting.xpath/pulls> >> https://github.com/sharwell/webtools.sourceediting.xpath/pulls >> >> Any help with these code review these PRs would be great and it would be >> awesome to include a new build of PsycoPath with the next Xerces release. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -jOrGe W. >> >> >> >> > On Jun 17, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Michael Glavassevich <mrgla...@ca.ibm.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks David. >> > >> > Michael Glavassevich >> > XML Technologies and WAS Development >> > IBM Toronto Lab >> > E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com >> > E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org >> > >> > David Costanzo <david_costa...@yahoo.com> wrote on 06/17/2016 09:37:56 >> AM: >> > >> >> From: David Costanzo >> >>>> I started with the JIRA release notes [1] and it doesn't look like I >> >>>> have permissions to help with this. [snip] >> >> >> >> From: Michael Glavassevich >> >>> I just add you to the list of contributors in JIRA. Hopefully that >> > also >> >>> granted you permission to update that field. >> >> >> >> Yes, that works. I should be able to build up the release notes, >> >> now. I'll start a new thread in the "xerces-devs" list for any >> >> conversation specific to the 2.12.0 release, instead of rambling >> >> off-topic on this thread. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: David Costanzo >> >> >> >>>> As mentioned previously, the fix that my organization wants > > >> >> (XERCESJ-1591, r1396551) was made in the "xml-schema-1.1-dev" >> >>>> branch, not trunk, so that branch would have to be merged back to >> >>>> trunk (or the fix duplicated in trunk) in order for a 2.12.0 release >> >>>> to benefit my organization. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Michael Glavassevich >> >>> I'll take a look at the original fix. Assuming it applies to XML >> > Schema >> >>> 1.0, it should have been committed at the same time to the trunk. >> >> >> >> >> >> That would be appreciated, Michael. Thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mukul Gandhi >> > -- Regards, Mukul Gandhi
