Creating and managing XML with open source software

Author(s):

Eric Lease Morgan (Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)

Abstract:

Purpose

– To review a number of open source XML applications and systems including editors, validators, native XML databases, and publishing systems; to describe how some of these tools have been combined by the author to create a specific system, for a specific need.

Design/methodology/approach

– An overview of XML is provided, a number of open source XML applications/systems are reviewed, and a system created by the author using some of these tools is described.

Findings

– The open source tools for working with XML are maturing, and they provide the means for the library profession to easily publish library content on the internet, using open standards.

Originality/value

– XML provides an agreed upon way of turning data into information. The result is non‐proprietary and application independent. Open source software operates under similar principles. An understanding and combination of these technologies can assist the library profession in meeting its goals in this era of globally networked computers and changing user expectations.

Keywords:

Extensible Markup Language, Computer software

Type:

General review

Publisher:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright:

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005
Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Citation:

Eric Lease Morgan, (2005) "Creating and managing XML with open source software", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 23 Issue: 4, pp.526-540, https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830510636328

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