[r2005-07-30 20:14:39 by afrisch] Empty log message

Original author: afrisch
Date: 2005-07-30 20:14:39+00:00

web/ocaml.xml

@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ Some simple examples can be found <a -->
 
 <box title="Overview" link="overview">
 
+<p>
+The goal of the OCamlDuce project is to extend the OCaml language with features
+to make it easier to write safe and efficient complex applications
+that need to deal with XML documents. In particular, it relies
+on a notion of types and patterns to guarantee statically
+that all the possible input documents are correctly processed, and
+that only valid output documents are produced.
+</p>
+
 <p>
 In a nutshell, OCamlDuce extends OCaml with a new kind of values
 (<em>x-values</em>) to represent XML documents, fragments, tags, Unicode