which XML module?

Jaap has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Searching CPAN for 'XML' gives one a thousand hits. A lot of these hits start with XML::. I am writing a module for converting coordinates into svg-graphs (think gnuplot).

Currently i print the XML myself (svg is xml) but someone poited out it might be a good idea to use some XML:: module.

Can anyone point me in the good direction as to which one to use?

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Re: which XML module? by mirod (Canon) on Jul 10, 2002 at 13:24 UTC
A simple search on "XML Module" in the top box would have returned Which XML module to use? which contains info and links you might find useful. -- The Error Message is GOD - MJD	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by Abstraction (Friar) on Jul 10, 2002 at 13:25 UTC
I found this article to be helpful when I was looking into Perl and XML: Perl XML Quickstart: The Perl XML Interfaces	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by ajt (Prior) on Jul 10, 2002 at 14:11 UTC
There are lots of fine XML modules out there to choose from, and as you point out it's hard to know where to start.... Finding an XML module to do foo is a common question, but as XML is three letters and has thus been excluded from super search it's a question that get's asked rather a lot. On the up side there are lots of good answers! Have a look at the following threads and links: Which XML module to use? XML parser XML and Perl Why is Perl so bad with XML? XM-Hell XML Module decision tree? Mirod's Ways to Rome Kip's Column on XML.com Antoine Quint's Column on XML.com Using XML Modules in Perl ~~http://www.perlxml.net/ Perl-XML FAQ~~ My favourites are the GNOME based XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT, as I work with XML files from other programs, and output HTML via XSL-T. This combination has some useful features: c based and so very quick; powerful/flexible API; XML validation option; excellent XSL-T abilities to mention but a few. However this may be overkill for your application. Updates: Extra links added, and dead link removed.	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by grantm (Parson) on Jul 10, 2002 at 13:32 UTC
The Perl XML FAQ has advice on choosing a parser module but doesn't really say anything about writing XML (patches welcome). One approach is to generate SAX events and use XML::SAX::Writer to generate the XML. Kip Hampton's XML::Generator::PerlData could be useful for generating the SAX events from a Perl data structure.	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by ferrency (Deacon) on Jul 10, 2002 at 13:19 UTC
As you noticed, there are a lot of XML modules, and everyone has their favorite. There tend to be a lot more candidates for XML parsing and processing than for generation. Personally, I like XML::Twig for parsing and modifying XML documents. For generating well-formed XML from scratch, I've had some good experiences with XML::Writer. Alan	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jul 10, 2002 at 15:20 UTC
Maybe you wanna try to search for SVG, yields 4 distributions	[reply]
Re: which XML module? by Matts (Deacon) on Jul 11, 2002 at 11:08 UTC
This depends very much on your task at hand. However, since you're talking about making graphs from SVG, as usual XML.com is the place to look. Here is an article by Kip on creating SVG graphs, and here, here and here are Kip's three excellent articles on helping you choose an XML module for whatever task you have at hand. Always check his column first - it's the most up to date resource on XML modules, and is even better than O'Reilly's book "Perl and XML" (IMHO).	[reply]

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