Date: Mar. 18, 2002
Link: http://www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/pipeline/
Source Author or Organization: Ed Mooney, Sun Developer Connection

XML Pipeline Definition Language Controller is a Java implementation of XML Pipeline Definition Language, an XML application for describing XML processes. The controller provides an Ant-based manager of transformations, validations and other processes.

XML documents or streams are acted upon as infosets, and the processes the controller concerns itself with are those that create or manipulate infosets. A user may employ a pipeline document to order processes to achieve a desired result, such as defining the succession of application processes of a Web service.

A brief registration is required to gain access to the download package (pipeline_1.0.zip, 1.5 Mb), which includes source code, binaries and documentation. XML Pipeline Controller is distributed under the terms of an Apache Ant license and a Sun Software License Agreement that grants royalty-free use and requires Sun copyright inclusion.