What is Amara?
Amara XML Toolkit is a collection of Python tools and libraries for XML processing, designed to balance the native idioms of Python with the native character of XML. It is the successor to both the XML components of the 4Suite project, and the Amara 1.x project, which used to build on 4Suite. Amara is a component of the Akara project, which is a system for building data services and processing for the Web. * http://wiki.xml3k.org/Akara/ Amara 2.x is discussed on the Akara mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/akara For those familiar with 4Suite and Amara 1.x, the best way to get a sense of the new version is by reading the comprehensive “What’s new” document: http://wiki.xml3k.org/Amara2/Whatsnew The biggest change, besides folding 4Suite into Amara, is a performance boost. Amara has been re-engineered from the ground up to boost performance. For a comparison with 4Suite and earlier Amara versions, see: http://wiki.xml3k.org/Amara2/Performance Also, the Amara API, which has alw