Re: [xml] Alternative documentation for libxml2?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 04:58:08PM +0000, dhk wrote:
> Jeenu V wrote:
> > Is there any other documentation available for libxml2? Although the
> > documentation at xmlsoft does list functions and modules available, I feel
> > it really lacks further information; like what order they should be invoked,
> > how to use each module etc. Yes, there are examples provided, but given the
> > amount of modules and functions provided, I feel there's a need for more.
> > May be this is an inherent drawback of auto-generated documentation.
> > 
> > Almost all searches on the net points back to xmlsoft; are there any books
> > or elaborated tutorials available?

  there is the simple tutorial, the code examples coming with the source
distribution, and the generated docs people love to hate.

> I'd like to see a wiki for libxml2.  That way I, and others, can add to
> it as appropriate.  Just an idea.  Thanks

  I did set up a Wiki on xmlsoft.org 3 years ago IIRC, all it got was
SPAM so I removed it after a year or so :-\
  I also made it really simple to put new examples, asking for
contributions but never got only a few beside mines. Let's face it
people think docs are impotant when they need to get their job done, but
once it's done, well they focuse on something else ... I guess that's
somehow normal.

Daniel

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