The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: XML::Comma DSLIP: RmpOg description: Toolkit for managing large "doc" collections userid: KWINDLA (Kwindla Hultman Kramer) chapterid: 11 (String_Lang_Text_Proc) communities: [EMAIL PROTECTED], perlmonks similar: SPOPS Alzabo XML::Parser XML::Simple Axkit Bricolage rationale: XML::Comma provides abstractions for manipulating collections of structured documents, and generally is configured to use XML as its normative storage format. Several large websites (http://www.democrats.org, http://allafrica.com) use XML::Comma as a back-end platform, managing information such as user profiles, article and photo archives, mailing list data and threaded discussion posts. XML::Comma is GPL'ed, and we'd like to make it available on CPAN. We chose the XML::Comma name based on the "concrete category + abstract emotive name" pattern, somewhat influenced by HTML::Mason (which Comma was originally written to sit "under.") Comma functionality overlaps with that of many other modules. Comma is, in part, a framework for treating perl objects as persistent, searchable, indexable things, so we're fellow travelers with object-persistence modules such as SPOPS and Alzabo (and watch their development with great interest). Because XML manipulation is so important to Comma, some of the other XML-family modules are frequently used in conjunction with the platform. Comma comes with two parsers of its own (one in pure perl, one in Inline'd C), and can also be configured to use XML::Parser. Finally, Comma is very often used as an "Application Server" in a web development context. Other app server and content management systems -- such as Axkit and Bricolage -- are different takes on solving some of the same problems. The complete XML::Comma distribution totals roughly 10,000 lines of code, mostly Perl with a few optional Inline::C extensions. This is the third time I've submitted this request for the XML::Comma namespace (first in late January, then again in late February). I did not hear back either of the previous times. I apologize for the re-submission -- please let me know if I'm going about this the wrong way. Documentation (and download) of XML::Comma is available from http://xml-comma.org Kwindla enteredby: KWINDLA (Kwindla Hultman Kramer) enteredon: Wed Apr 3 20:15:37 2002 GMT The resulting entry would be: XML:: ::Comma RmpOg Toolkit for managing large "doc" collections KWINDLA Thanks for registering, The Pause Team PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: Registration form with editing capabilities: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=51100000_eaaf1b30dd27a358&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 Immediate (one click) registration: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=51100000_eaaf1b30dd27a358&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1