AxKit explained

Apache AxKit
Developer:	Apache Software Foundation
Discontinued:	yes
Latest Release Version:	1.7
Genre:	XML
Programming Language:	Perl
License:	Apache License 2.0

Apache AxKit was an XML Apache publishing framework run by the Apache foundation written in Perl. It provided conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom code.

AxKit was a standard tool in early digital humanities presentation work, being used to convert formats such as Text Encoding Initiative XML to HTML.^[1] It is still used by some institutions,^[2] but software such as eXist and Apache Cocoon is normally used in modern projects.^[3]

Apache Axkit was retired in August 2009.^[4]

Further reading

• "XML Publishing with AxKit: Managing web content with Perl and XML" Kip Hampton "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2004,
• "Practical mod_perl" Stas Bekman, Eric Cholet "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2003
• https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/07378830510636328

Notes and References

1. Web site: Creating and managing XML with open source software . Eric Lease . Morgan . infomotions.com . 2005 . 2 December 2011.
2. Web site: OSS Watch - Colophon . oss-watch.ac.uk . 2011 . The XML documents are transformed dynamically when they are accessed. The Apache web server is configured to use Apache AxKit to do the transformation, and AxKit is configured to use some XSLT stylesheets to do these transformations. Depending on the XSLT stylesheet used, an XML document will render either as HTML, HTML (for text only), HTML (for simple printing) or PDF (for more sophisticated printing). . 2 December 2011.
3. Web site: simple dynamic transformation of xml with htaccess, php, and xslt In my <element/> . blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk . 2011 . I often transform from TEI XML to XHTML as part of projects, but in some instances it is more difficult to manage using things like the eXist XML Database or Apache Cocoon, or even AxKit. . 2 December 2011.
4. Web site: Apache AxKit - Apache Attic . attic.apache.org . 2011 . Apache AxKit moved into the Attic in August 2009. Apache AxKit was an XML Application Server for Apache. It provided conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom code. . 2 December 2011.