Show HN: XML-Lib – An over-engineered XML workflow with guardrails and proofs
15 days ago
- #XML
- #Publishing
- #Validation
- XML-Lib is a comprehensive XML-Lifecycle Validator & Publisher with enterprise-grade validation, publishing, and governance capabilities.
- Features include Relax NG + Schematron Validation, Rule Engine, Signed Assertion Ledger, Content-Addressed Storage, XSLT 3.0 Publisher, OOXML Composer, PHP Page Generator, Pluggable Telemetry, and Schema-Aware Diff.
- Installation involves cloning the repository, installing dependencies, and using the CLI tool for validation, publishing, and other operations.
- Validation checks include lifecycle phase ordering, temporal monotonicity, cross-file ID uniqueness, checksum format, reference integrity, and custom guardrail rules.
- Publishing options include generating HTML documentation and PowerPoint presentations from XML.
- Security features include XXE protection, context-aware escaping, and semantic HTML5 in PHP generation.
- Mathematical constructs for formal verification include Banach/Hilbert space constructs and fixed-point theory.
- Project structure includes directories for CLI implementation, schemas, guardrails, tests, and XML lifecycle examples.
- Development guidelines emphasize code style, testing, XML validation, guardrail maintenance, and documentation updates.