Welcome to scalaxx - scala Xml eXtensions

We are planing to make some changes to scala.xml:

• implement hierarchy of parent nodes
• add parent axis for XPath projections
• Evaluate Zipper approach (cf. [1], [2], and [3])

• and a QName type to have typed {uri}localName (and conceivably a conversion from string to QName in these cases)
• prefixed / unprefixed attribute constructor functions (based on QName though)

• convert it to case classes (with nice wrapping functions for some default cases)

• IRI support (cf. [4], [5])

• RelaxNG support

and then...

• an internal dsl for "mutating" trees

and if it is really wanted

• the namespace map in projections solution (but I really just prefer using a proper qname for this)

All these initial suggestions are originated at scala's user mailing-list, in particular, discussions with Chris Twiner, Jamie Webb, and Burak Emir.