XMLSH

A command line shell for XML
Based on the philosophy
and design of the Unix Shells

xmlsh provides a familiar scripting environment, but specifically tailored for scripting xml processes.

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This project is managed in Sourceforge. See the Sourceforge Project Page.
Use the "xmlsh/latest" directory under "View all Files".

UPDATE: 2010-12-25

Release 1.1.2 has been uploaded to sourceforge.
This is a minor maintenance release, but is required for version 1.10 of the MarkLogic extension.

Release 1.1.1 has been uploaded to sourceforge.
This release has been updated to work with Saxon version 9.3

Please be patient as I am still working on the documentation for the new features.

ReleaseNotes

Notes

Mark Logic server is now supported via an extension module, see MarkLogic
Calabash Xproc processor is now supported via an extension module, see Calabash

XMLSH now has a Blog as an attempt to less formally journal the progress.

I gave a presentation about xmlsh at Balisage (previously "Extreme XML") confrence, August 13, 2008.
See Balisage Program

I co-presented a presentation with Norman Walsh at Balisage 2009 on Efficient XML Scripting

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