[antlr-interest] antlr suitable for xml languages? (like bpelandare there existing grammaires)

[Scott Stanchfield]

Sounds like someone had some really bad experiences with XML schema...

Do you have some refs that talk about the types of problems people have had
so I know what to be looking for?

Thanks,
-- Scott 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Probst [mailto:mail at martin-probst.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:51 AM
> To: Scott Stanchfield
> Cc: pilzecker at free.fr; 'SOA Work'; antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: RE: [antlr-interest] antlr suitable for xml 
> languages? (like bpelandare there existing grammaires)
> 
> > > What about writing an XML Schema parser and extending it with 
> > > functionality to generate an antxr grammar?
> >
> > I mentioned that several notes back. I was planning to do this but 
> > haven't had the time. I was thinking of using the eclipse 
> xsd stuff to 
> > read a schema and then create the grammar.
> 
> I don't know how easy it will be to integrate the eclipse xsd 
> stuff, but keep in mind that XML Schema is probably one of 
> the most complicated and hardest to implement XML specs there 
> is. I think there still isn't a single tool that gets it 
> right, plus there is no single opinion on what is actually right.
> 
> Martin
>