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noresources/ns-xml
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A collection of XML-based tools to generate source code and programs

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ns-xml
======

[](#ns-xml)

A collection of XML-based tools to generate source code and programs

ns-xml components
=================

[](#ns-xml-components)

Program interface definition framework
--------------------------------------

[](#program-interface-definition-framework)

Generation of command line option parser, usage string, bash completion file etc. from a single XML description of a program interface (options, positional arguments & subcommands)

XSH - XML shell script
----------------------

[](#xsh---xml-shell-script)

A basic XML structure to write reusable and portable UNIX shell script code across interpreters (bash, zsh, ksh)

XSLT stylesheet library
-----------------------

[](#xslt-stylesheet-library)

Various XSLT stylesheet to generate code and documents

> See [the online documentation](http://ns-xml.nore.fr/index.php?tab=xsltdoc)

Source structure
================

[](#source-structure)

- ns The source directory
    - sh UNIX shellscript tools to build program parser etc.
    - xbl XBL element library
    - xsh XML shell scripts applications & libraries
    - xsl XSLT stylesheet library\* resources Development resources
- tools Development tools
- tests Tests for the program interface definition framework
- scripts Scripts & configurations files for IDE (mostly for Eclipse)

###  Health Score

41

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FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~79 days

Recently: every ~91 days

Total

24

Last Release

460d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >= 5.3

v1.3.0PHP >= 5.4

### Community

Maintainers

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