ARK(ID:3540/ark001)

XML subset for UNIX configuration 


References:
  • Matt Holgate and Will Partain "ARK: an object(ive) view of extensible minimal languages for system configuration" pp259-268 view details Abstract: This paper presents ARK, a minimal, XML-based configuration language and framework for our particular problem domain: UNIX System Administration. The language allows the capture of poorly structured configuration data and code fragments written in various programming languages, while the ARK engine is responsible for interpreting the XML and allowing applications to query data and invoke code fragments.

    The paper discusses the need for a minimal, simple approach, and provides examples which illustrate the use of the prototype-based model supported by the language. The ARK framework is currently being used to manage several academic and industrial UNIX installations.

          in Information and Software Technology 44(4) 31 March 2002 view details