Saxon diaries

• 2024
  • Maps and Records, August 10, 2024 at 09:00a.m.
• 2023
  • October, 2023
    • All Change at Saxonica, October 02, 2023 at 09:00a.m.
  • July, 2023
    • How Safe is your Schema?, July 22, 2023 at 12:00p.m.
  • June, 2023
    • Schema Modularity, June 20, 2023 at 12:00p.m.
• 2022
  • The pattern match="para except appendix//para", May 26, 2022 at 03:15p.m.
  • XML versus JSON: A Comparison using the XMark Benchmark, May 06, 2022 at 11:00a.m.
• 2021
  • June, 2021
    • What should we do about Arrays?, June 27, 2021 at 03:34p.m.
  • March, 2021
    • Saxon-CS says Hello World, March 22, 2021 at 10:34a.m.
    • The Zeno Chain: a new data structure for XDM sequences, March 18, 2021 at 03:34p.m.
• 2020
  • November, 2020
    • Arrow Expressions, November 19, 2020 at 10:20a.m.
    • Draft Proposals for XSLT/XPath/XQuery 4.0, November 14, 2020 at 07:19p.m.
  • October, 2020
    • XSLT Update – Some Ideas, October 29, 2020 at 04:19p.m.
  • July, 2020
    • String, CharSequence, IKVM, and .NET, July 20, 2020 at 09:06a.m.
  • February, 2020
    • The Java class hierarchy for XPath type objects, February 10, 2020 at 11:26a.m.
  • January, 2020
    • Java Generics revisited, January 21, 2020 at 09:14p.m.
• 2019
  • October, 2019
    • Alphacodes for Sequence Types, October 15, 2019 at 02:06p.m.
  • May, 2019
    • A new push event API, May 01, 2019 at 04:34p.m.
  • February, 2019
    • Representing namespaces in XDM tree models, February 01, 2019 at 11:59a.m.
• 2018
  • June, 2018
    • The Receiver Pipeline, June 20, 2018 at 11:07a.m.
  • April, 2018
    • Navigating XML trees using Java Streams, April 13, 2018 at 08:31a.m.
  • March, 2018
    • Capturing Accumulators, March 28, 2018 at 08:09a.m.
    • Diagnostics on Type Errors, March 16, 2018 at 03:50p.m.
  • February, 2018
    • Could we write an XSD Schema Processor in XSLT?, February 10, 2018 at 06:58p.m.
• 2017
  • November, 2017
    • Transforming JSON, November 13, 2017 at 01:02p.m.
  • February, 2017
    • Bugs: How well are we doing?, February 05, 2017 at 05:36p.m.
• 2016
  • December, 2016
    • Guaranteed Streamability, December 09, 2016 at 09:56p.m.
  • September, 2016
    • Tuple types, and type aliases, September 08, 2016 at 11:44a.m.
  • June, 2016
    • Improving Compile-Time Performance, June 22, 2016 at 10:04a.m.
  • February, 2016
    • Introducing Saxon-JS, February 13, 2016 at 02:15p.m.
• 2015
  • September, 2015
    • Parent pointers in the Saxon expression tree, September 11, 2015 at 07:38p.m.
  • June, 2015
    • Lazy Evaluation, June 28, 2015 at 11:15p.m.
    • A redesign of the NamePool, June 24, 2015 at 02:39p.m.
    • Another look in the NamePool, June 22, 2015 at 08:59a.m.
  • February, 2015
    • How long is a (piece of) string?, February 09, 2015 at 02:06p.m.
    • Functions, Function Calls, Function Items, February 01, 2015 at 02:05p.m.
• 2014
  • November, 2014
    • Redesigning the Saxon expression tree, November 11, 2014 at 11:45p.m.
  • June, 2014
    • Sharing key indexes, June 04, 2014 at 11:10p.m.
  • February, 2014
    • Another regex rewrite, February 11, 2014 at 07:52a.m.
• 2013
  • September, 2013
    • Stripping the DOM, September 18, 2013 at 06:55a.m.
    • Reducing the size of Saxon-CE, September 03, 2013 at 07:26a.m.
  • March, 2013
    • What's new in Saxon 9.5?, March 18, 2013 at 11:25a.m.
    • Result documents: validation and multi-threading, March 15, 2013 at 05:35p.m.
  • February, 2013
    • XSLT in MicroXML?, February 10, 2013 at 10:52a.m.
• 2012
  • December, 2012
    • Keys and maps, December 11, 2012 at 09:16a.m.
  • September, 2012
    • Comparing DOM and other object models, September 12, 2012 at 04:22p.m.
  • August, 2012
    • FtanML - A new markup language, August 14, 2012 at 12:29p.m.
  • June, 2012
    • Saxon-CE is 1.0 today, June 14, 2012 at 08:55a.m.
  • May, 2012
    • A new API for access to schema information, May 21, 2012 at 04:12p.m.
  • February, 2012
    • Taking Saxon-CE Forward, February 22, 2012 at 03:35p.m.
  • January, 2012
    • Maps, January 28, 2012 at 07:08p.m.
    • A new regex engine, January 16, 2012 at 07:57p.m.
• 2011
  • July, 2011
    • Tuples, July 30, 2011 at 02:18p.m.
  • May, 2011
    • Bytecode generation, May 17, 2011 at 02:18p.m.
• 2010
  • November, 2010
    • Cutting Saxon down to size, November 21, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • Compiling Saxon using GWT, November 16, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • Peer-to-Patent: should I take part?, November 14, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • TPAC: The Morning After, November 04, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
  • June, 2010
    • Parameterized validation, June 29, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • The ten most common XSLT programming mistakes, June 11, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
  • May, 2010
    • The first Saxon deadlock, May 21, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
  • January, 2010
    • Pipedreaming: Could XPath have been better?, January 15, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • Unicode, regular expressions, and Java, January 13, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
    • Importing a stylesheet module repeatedly, January 06, 2010 at 02:18p.m.
• 2009
  • December, 2009
    • Patents: an Open Letter to my MP, December 14, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • Streaming templates - towards a more coherent design, December 10, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • Intel joins the club, December 09, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • On the streamability of //section/head, December 01, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • November, 2009
    • Moving forward with streaming templates, November 26, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • September, 2009
    • Analyzing dependencies in a class library: a use case for XSLT streaming, September 26, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • August, 2009
    • Beyond Saxon 9.2, August 14, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • June, 2009
    • Saxon repackaging, June 19, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • The GNU Public License, June 07, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • May, 2009
    • All nodes untyped, May 14, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • Repackaging Saxon, May 06, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
  • February, 2009
    • Streaming templates, February 23, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • Some threading tests, February 11, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
    • Another five-finger performance exercise, February 07, 2009 at 02:18p.m.
• 2008
  • December, 2008
    • Bugs that don't crawl out of the woodwork, December 22, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Ten Reasons why Saxon XQuery is Fast, December 13, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • November, 2008
    • Schema-Awareness and XMark performance, November 30, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • TEI Conference, November 11, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • October, 2008
    • XML Schema: allowing new lexical forms, October 23, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Software Patents, October 02, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • September, 2008
    • A stylesheet conversion, September 20, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Just-in-Time Optimization, September 20, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Join optimization, September 20, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • More thoughts on compile-time performance, September 18, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Compile-time Performance, September 16, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • Tweaking the TinyTree, September 10, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
    • There's an R in the month, September 01, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • July, 2008
    • Document Projection, July 25, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • February, 2008
    • XQuery Update and Node Identity, February 14, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
  • January, 2008
    • Further progress on XQuery Update, January 02, 2008 at 02:18p.m.
• 2007
  • December, 2007
    • Implementing XQuery Update, December 19, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
    • Progress on XQuery Update, December 19, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • November, 2007
    • Final Draft of XQJ, November 21, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • September, 2007
    • Transforming 20 Gigabytes, September 25, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • June, 2007
    • A new XQJ draft, June 13, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • April, 2007
    • Path Expressions Revisited, April 27, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • March, 2007
    • Saxon vs Xalan Performance; and DOM, March 31, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
    • Assertions in XML Schema, March 06, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • February, 2007
    • Unexpected flattery, February 03, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
  • January, 2007
    • XML Schema Tests: progress report, January 23, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
    • How not to fold constants, January 20, 2007 at 02:18p.m.
• 2006
  • December, 2006
    • New W3C XML Schema Test Suite, December 14, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Compiling Q10, December 10, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • November, 2006
    • First compiled XMark results, November 06, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • October, 2006
    • Altova Mudslinging, October 28, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Progress on XQuery compilation, October 24, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Choosing Java class names, October 06, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Still Compiling the Knight's Tour, October 03, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • September, 2006
    • Compiling the Knight's Tour, September 24, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • More experiments with compilation, September 15, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • August, 2006
    • Zounds! I was never so bethump'd with words, August 13, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Tail recursive functions, August 01, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • July, 2006
    • Tuning the Chess-FO stylesheet, July 27, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Experiments with Compilation, July 24, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Streaming Mode on large documents, July 04, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Push and Pull parsing, July 03, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Push and Pull, July 03, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • XIME-P in Chicago, July 01, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • June, 2006
    • Killing bugs, June 15, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • May, 2006
    • XQJ republished, May 14, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Wrapping the .NET DOM, May 10, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • April, 2006
    • How not to manage crypto keys, April 18, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Schema-Aware XMark, April 10, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • XMark Q12 examined further, April 09, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • March, 2006
    • Conference Season approaching, March 22, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • APIs for XML processing, March 02, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
  • February, 2006
    • Floating Point Numbers again, February 27, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Finite State Machines, February 25, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Thanks for the compliment, February 21, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Comparability, February 14, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Thoughts on schema-awareness, February 08, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Formatting of floating point numbers, February 06, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • Regex libraries in Java and .NET, February 03, 2006 at 02:18p.m.
    • W3C Working Groups in Florida, February 03, 2006 at 02:18p.m.