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[[Category:Tools]]

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[[Category:Querying tools]]
[[Category:Testing and QA tools]]

== Synopsis ==
Kernow 1.6 is an open-source GUI and high-level API for the [http://www.saxonica.com/welcome/welcome.xml Saxon] XSLT, XQuery and XML Schema processor. It was written by Andrew Welch and uses Java 1.6 (= Java 6).
Kernow 1.8 offers 100 runs for free, and then a license needs to be bought. Closed source, distributed via Sourceforge, runs on Java 1.7.

== Features ==
(from the [http://kernowforsaxon.sourceforge.net/#e1 project web page]:)
* it uses compiled stylesheets, multiple threads and caching resolvers to make the transforms run efficiently, and combo boxes that persist between runs
*  it is runnable from Ant allowing it to slot into your build process, and it's a high level API for Saxon making it very easy to run transforms from your own Java applications.
* you can [http://kernowforsaxon.sourceforge.net/jws.html run it via Java Net Start] straight from Sourceforge (no need for manual downloads)
* it can also be used to test the performance of your transforms
* it supports [[XQuery]] ([http://kernowforsaxon.sourceforge.net/#e8 see the relevant info])
* it can be used to validate directories of XML with W3C XML Schemas, using either Xerces, Saxon-SA or any JAXP schema processor

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== System requirements ==
* [http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Java]; Version 6 for the free distribution (Kernow 1.6), ver. 7 for the paid Kernow 1.8.

== Source code and licensing ==
Open source.

== Support for TEI ==
It supports any well-formed XML, including TEI XML.
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== Language(s) ==
* Written in Java
* Interface: English, German, French
* Docs: English

== Documentation ==
Documentation is provided in the form of a FAQ list at the [http://kernowforsaxon.sourceforge.net/ project homepage].

== Tech support ==
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== User community ==
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=kernowforsaxon-help user mailing list]

== Sample implementations ==
(links to demo sites running the tool or successful implementations of it)

== Current version number and date of release ==
1.8.0.1 (2014-02-16)

== History of versions ==
* 1.6.1b2 (2008-08-13)

== How to download or buy ==
Available at http://kernowforsaxon.sourceforge.net/
The free version has to be downloaded from the "Source" tab, the paid version is distributed under the "Files" tab.

== Additional notes ==
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