I still want XML out. I still always want XML out.

Another surprising (to me) observation about the XML grammar for XML.

The grammar for XML grammars is infinitely ambiguous. That came as a surprise to me.

Could :: Couldn’t. Should :: Shouldn’t. Would :: Wouldn’t. XML :: XMLn’t.

Thoughts from the Husband of an Uncivil Woman.

I’ve migrated and updated my “Saxon XInclude” processor.

I didn’t intend to spend all morning fussing with dependencies, but at least I got a weblog posting out of it. And maybe I’ve tossed some stones off the path for next time.

The annual markup geekfest that is Balisage is happening next week! I’ve published the schedule in an .ics file again this year.

Maybe it’s time to start collecting “tips and tricks” for XProc pipelines? Perhaps I should revamp exproc.org? Tip: how can I make an empty sequence into an empty document?

In the end, I did automate it.

That’s a trip and a half in early June, 2025.

It’s the switching costs that get you.

It would be difficult to develop and release a complex piece of software without a build tool. At the same time, a build tool is a complex piece of software that is very frustrating when it gets in the way.

Pipelines inside pipelines with pipelines using pipelines for pipelines to do pipelines because pipelines. Pipelines!

I’ve pushed an update for the XML Resolver, 6.0.13, and a patch on the legacy V5 branch, 5.3.0, to address a security vulnerability.

An updated little hack to leverage Saxon for evaluating XPath expressions in Emacs.

A little hack to leverage Saxon for evaluating XPath expressions in Emacs.

Making common things easy with a little XML Calabash hack.

As my holiday winds down (Happy New Year, by the way!), I’ve published one more XML Calabash 3.x release. I’ve also started pushing them to a snapshots repository.

Using iXML to parse a command line interface.

That sure is a dull title. If I cared about “engagement”, I’d find a way to stick “interactive XProc pipeline debugger” or “Schematron assertions in pipelines” into it. But I don’t, really. Care that is. ’s all true, though.

The story of XML Calabash 3.x has some twists and turns, but the last few alphas have passed all the tests and it’s finally possible to start thinking about some of the fun things.

This is a feature-free update that (mostly) just nudges the dependencies forward. I believe it also supports either .NET6 or .NET8.

Version 2.5.0 of the stylesheets is a major release with some (maybe) backwards incompatible changes.

You want the one with the dash, not the one with the underscore. I think.

A very (very) small update to the NineML family of parsing tools.

Still pushing forward. Small fixes and one new feature.

Getting closer to a pushing 6.1.0 as a no-longer-in-beta version of the XML Resolver.

Balisage 2024 is next week! It’s entirely virtual so anyone can attend! Here, have a calendar!

When Xerces resolves a URI on Windows, it does it…differently than on Linux and MacOS. And incorrectly.