XML framework

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An XML framework is a software framework that implements features to aid the programmer in creating applications with all data produced in XML. The programmer defines and produces pure data in XML format and the framework transforms the document to any format desired. One code, one XML and several transformations like XHTML, SVG, WML, Excel or Word format, or other document type may result.^[1]

Advanced XML frameworks support single-source publishing, enabling the transformation of content from a single XML document into multiple output formats such as HTML5, PDF, and EPUB. Professional tools like Oxygen XML Editor provide robust features to facilitate this functionality.^[2]

Platforms like BaseX act as frameworks in XML data processing and transformation by offering XML database management and XQuery support. In this setup, the developer works exclusively with XML, while the framework handles data manipulation and output generation.^[1]

An application built on an XML framework enables the generation of documents in various formats from a single XML data source using a unified codebase. This approach has become a preferred method in many industries today—such as publishing, reporting, and web content development—due to its efficiency and flexibility.^[3]

• Classes to abstract the USE of XML documents
• Classes to abstract the DATA access - All data is XML independent of your source, like XML, Database, text files
• XSLT cache.
• Easy way to create XSLT documents like code snippets
• Framework must be extensible because XML is extensible by definition.

• XMLNuke is a pure XML framework
• eXtensible Text Framework is a hybrid XML framework that utilizes XML data, XSLT 2.0, and Java