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I don't know if it's still the case, but I know a recent EAD project that tried to use Castor said that it had problems with mixed content models. -- Clay On Feb 1, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Riley, Jenn wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >>> I now need to read XML. Unlike indexing and doing OAI-PMH, there are >>> a myriad of tools for reading and writing XML. I've done SAX before. >>> I think I've done a bit of DOM. If I wanted a straight-forward and >>> well-supported Java package that supported these APIs, then what >>> package might I use? >>> >> >> If the data you're manipulating is partially or fully described by a >> Schema or DTD, consider using a package such as Castor (castor.org) > > I think I recall hearing in the past that Castor had trouble with > XML files that used mixed content models (a set into which TEI and > EAD both fall) - can anyone confirm if that's currently the case > (or that it never was and I'm completely misremembering)? > > Jenn > > ======================== > Jenn Riley > Metadata Librarian > Digital Library Program > Indiana University - Bloomington > Wells Library W501 > (812) 856-5759 > www.dlib.indiana.edu > > Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com