JUMBO2.0alpha

Version 2.0alpha, 199805
 
 
JUMBO 2 is a freeware, Java/JFC-based, SAX-compliant XML browser/editor and prototyping/development tool. It is developed with the following motivation: This is the alpha release of JUMBO2.0. It is primarily aimed at those who have some experience with both XML and Java. (The final 2.0 release will contain much more support material). The main motive of this release is to investigate portability of JUMBO across platforms and to get feedback from XML experts about the consistency of XML implementation. Feedback from previous JUMBO1 installers and Java/XML afficionados will be much valued.

JUMBO2 consists of the following:

I plan shortly to release a CDROM with all this material conveniently packaged.

NOTE: JUMBO2.0 is very different from JUMBO1.0 and no compatibility will be supported. In particular the namespace, help, Xlink, XSL and other prototypes in JUMBO1 have or will be modified in response to public XML developments. Because JUMBO2 is built round the JFC classes (Swing) it is much faster, cleaner and can be used for much larger projects (e.g. up to 10K nodes). It reads and displays macbeth.xml or rec.xml in a few seconds. JUMBO2 also probes how far a browser can go without stylesheets. A list of differences is available with the distribution or on the site.