AxKit summary


  • Open source package by Matt Sergeant, running under Apache mod_perl, written in Perl and C
  • Now part of Apache XML project
  • Uses libxslt XSLT processor by Daniel Veillard (or Sablotron)
  • Normal scripting/extension work is in Perl
  • Same philosophy and setup as Apache Cocoon (Java)
  • Works with a pipeline of transformations, which may be in XSLT or other languages
  • Powerful features for choosing stylesheeting according to PI in source file, DTD, media, client, URL parameters, etc
Under active development at http://www.axkit.org/, currently at version 1.6


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