Re: PostgreSQL vs SQL/XML Standards

Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>

From: Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>

To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2018-10-25T14:53:01Z

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On 10/25/18 10:39 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I think getting out from under libxml2's idiosyncrasies and security
> lapses would be great, but is there a plausible alternative out there?

Depends on whether anything in [1] sounds plausible.

-Chap


[1]:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_vs_SQL/XML_Standards#Possible_ways_forward

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