XML::DT : a PERL down translation module

Abstract

In this paper we present a Perl module, called XML::DT, that can be used to translate and transform XML documents.

A programmer always looks for the simplest tool to do a certain task, development and maintenance will be easier. That is the main idea behind the module we are presenting: a simple tool that will enable the user to speed up his work and that will help him to maintain it.

XML::DT includes some down translation features that are common to other SGML/XML processors available on the market like Omnimark, or Balise, and some other features to deal with input and output of Unicode character sets.

The idea was to adopt familiar concepts together with a familiar syntax to SGML/XML programmers but shaped to the usual Perl notation.