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diff --git a/textproc/saxon/DESCR b/textproc/saxon/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d56f5bd7839 --- /dev/null +++ b/textproc/saxon/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The SAXON package is a collection of tools for processing XML +documents. The main components are: + +* An XSLT processor, which implements the Version 1.0 XSLT and +XPath Recommendations from the World Wide Web Consortium. This +version of Saxon also includes some features defined in XSLT 1.1. + +* A Java library, which supports a similar processing model to XSL, +but allows full programming capability, which you need if you want +to perform complex processing of the data or to access external +services such as a relational database + +* A slightly improved version of the AElfred parser from Microstar. +(But you can use SAXON with any SAX-compliant XML parser if you +prefer). + +Saxon is distributed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License +(MPL). |