Audit HTTP links, switch to HTTPS where supported

Author: joewiz

src/main/xar-resources/data/ant-tasks/ant-tasks.xml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
 
-    <para>eXist-db provides a library for the <link xlink:href="http://ant.apache.org"
+    <para>eXist-db provides a library for the <link xlink:href="https://ant.apache.org"
                 ><code>Ant</code></link> build tool to automate common system administration and
         operation tasks, like backup/restore or importing files. The latest version of eXist-db's
         Ant Tasks can be found on Maven Central as the artifact <link xlink:href="https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.exist-db%20AND%20a:exist-ant">exist-ant</link>.</para>

src/main/xar-resources/data/author-reference/author-reference.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <info>
         <title>Author Reference</title>
-        <date>1Q18</date>
+        <date>2Q19</date>
         <keywordset>
             <keyword>authoring</keyword>
             <keyword>exist</keyword>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ but does not because its too simple)</programlisting>
         <title>Technical guidelines</title>
 
         <para>More information about DocBook itself can be found on the <link condition="_blank"
-            xlink:href="http://docbook.org/">official DocBook site</link>.</para>
+            xlink:href="https://docbook.org/">official DocBook site</link>.</para>
 
         <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
 
@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ but does not because its too simple)</programlisting>
                         <para>Links to external sources are done with the <tag>link</tag> element.
                             Place the target's full URI in the <code>xlink:href</code> attribute.
                             For instance,
-                            <code><![CDATA[&amp;lt;link xlink:href="http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html"&amp;gt;]]></code>
+                            <tag>link xlink:href="https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html"</tag>
                             links to the <link condition="_blank"
-                            xlink:href="http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html">eXist
+                            xlink:href="https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html">eXist
                             home page</link>.</para>
                         <para>To open the link on a new page, add
                             <code>condition="_blank"</code>.</para>

src/main/xar-resources/data/basic-installation/basic-installation.xml

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
                 environment. Java comes in a number of versions, so it is important that you use the
                 version that eXist-db requires: Java 8 (since eXist-db 3.0). For instructions about
                 running Java on your operating system, see Oracle's <link condition="_blank"
-                xlink:href="http://www.java.com/en/download/help/index_installing.xml">Installing
-                Java</link> page. <link condition="_blank" xlink:href="http://openjdk.java.net"
+                xlink:href="https://www.java.com/en/download/help/index_installing.xml">Installing
+                Java</link> page. <link condition="_blank" xlink:href="https://openjdk.java.net"
                 >OpenJDK</link> is a good open source alternative to the Oracle JVM and known to
                 work well with eXist-db.</para>
             <para>eXist-db runs with both the Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment) and the JDK (Java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 on commercial Linux distributions. Users of other distributions are better served by
                 distribution-specific instructions. More information for specific versions of Linux
                 can be found at <link condition="_blank"
-                xlink:href="http://livingtao.blogspot.com/2012/01/few-easy-steps-to-install-sunoracle-jdk.html"
+                xlink:href="https://livingtao.blogspot.com/2012/01/few-easy-steps-to-install-sunoracle-jdk.html"
                 >Amazon Linux</link>, <link condition="_blank"
                 xlink:href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html"
                 >Ubuntu</link> and <link condition="_blank"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <itemizedlist>
             <listitem>
                 <para>Download the installer by following the download link on the <link
-                    xlink:href="http://exist-db.org/">eXist-db homepage</link> page. We recommend
+                    xlink:href="https://exist-db.org/">eXist-db homepage</link> page. We recommend
                     that you download the latest stable release.</para>
                 <para>The installer is a single file called
                     <literal>eXist-db-setup-[version].jar</literal> (for instance
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                             <code>.jar</code> file.</para>
                         <note>
                             <para>On Mac OS X 10.7 and higher, a security feature called <link
-                                xlink:href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290">Gatekeeper</link>
+                                xlink:href="https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290">Gatekeeper</link>
                                 may prevent the installer from running since eXist-db is not
                                 registered with Apple. To circumvent the warning dialog and allow
                                 the installer to run, right-click or control-click the file and

src/main/xar-resources/data/beginners-guide-to-xrx-v4/beginners-guide-to-xrx-v4.xml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             <para>To use this guide you will need to have following tools in place: </para>
             <orderedlist>
                 <listitem>
-                    <para> <emphasis role="bold">eXist</emphasis>: You will need to have <link xlink:href="http://exist-db.org">eXist</link> running on your local system.
+                    <para> <emphasis role="bold">eXist</emphasis>: You will need to have <link xlink:href="https://exist-db.org">eXist</link> running on your local system.
                         By default eXist runs on port <code>8080</code> so that when you set your
                         web browser to <link xlink:href="http://localhost:8080/exist/">http://localhost:8080/exist/</link> you should see the eXist homepage come
                         up.</para>
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
                 allows users to enter multi-line descriptions for definitions of terms. The last
                 control is the <tag>xf:select1</tag> control that allows the user to select one
                 value from a list of values. (For a complete discussion of the XForms controls we
-                suggest you use the XForms Wikibook at <link xlink:href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms</link>. The Input Form Controls section goes
+                suggest you use the XForms Wikibook at <link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms</link>. The Input Form Controls section goes
                 through each of the controls in the XForms specification. In addition to the
                 standard controls there are other controls that can also be integrated directly into
                 XForms, such as rich-text editors.)</para>
@@ -786,22 +786,22 @@
         <para>Wiki Books:</para>
         <itemizedlist>
             <listitem>
-                <para> <link xlink:href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms">XForms Wikibook</link> </para>
+                <para> <link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XForms">XForms Wikibook</link> </para>
                 <para>Dan McCreary</para>
             </listitem>
             <listitem>
-                <para> <link xlink:href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XRX">XRX Wikibook</link> </para>
+                <para> <link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XRX">XRX Wikibook</link> </para>
                 <para>Dan McCreary</para>
             </listitem>
             <listitem>
-                <para> <link xlink:href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XQuery">XQuery Wikibook</link> </para>
+                <para> <link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XQuery">XQuery Wikibook</link> </para>
                 <para>Chris Wallace; Dan McCreary</para>
             </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
         <para>Articles:</para>
         <itemizedlist>
             <listitem>
-                <para> <link xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRX_%28web_application_architecture%29">XRX (web application architecture)</link> </para>
+                <para> <link xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRX_%28web_application_architecture%29">XRX (web application architecture)</link> </para>
             </listitem>
             <listitem>
                 <para> <link xlink:href="http://news.oreilly.com/2008/07/xrx-xqueries-in-exist.html">XRX: XQueries in eXist</link> </para>

src/main/xar-resources/data/contentextraction/contentextraction.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         contains functions for extracting the content of the binary files, and returning the content
         as XML. In this form, the content can then be queried, indexed, and manipulated. It useful
         especially in conjunction with Lucene indexes.</para>
-    <para>The Content Extraction is built on the <link xlink:href="http://tika.apache.org/">Apache
+    <para>The Content Extraction is built on the <link xlink:href="https://tika.apache.org/">Apache
         Tika</link> library. Tika understands a large variety of formats, ranging from PDF documents
         to spreadsheets and image metadata.</para>
 

src/main/xar-resources/data/development-starter/development-starter.xml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     <note>
         <para> Those working on data sets in TEI may want to look at <link
-            xlink:href="http://teipublisher.com">TEI Publisher</link> also. It includes an
+            xlink:href="https://teipublisher.com">TEI Publisher</link> also. It includes an
             application generator tailored at digital editions. The created app packages include all
             the basic functionality needed for browsing the edition, searching it or producing PDFs
             and ePUBs.</para>

src/main/xar-resources/data/devguide_indexes/devguide_indexes.xml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                 <listitem>
                     <para>A spatial index that stores some of the geometric characteristics of <link
                             condition="_blank"
-                            xlink:href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml">Geography
+                            xlink:href="https://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml">Geography
                             Markup Language</link> geometries (tested against GML version 2.1.2).
                         For instance:</para>
                     <programlisting language="xml" xlink:href="listings/listing-1.xml"/>
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@
                     <itemizedlist>
                         <listitem>
                             <para>The <link condition="_blank"
-                                xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_referencing_systems"
+                                xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_referencing_systems"
                                 >spatial referencing system</link> (<literal>osgb:BNG</literal> for
                                 this polygon)</para>
                         </listitem>
                         <listitem>
                             <para>The polygon itself, stored in a binary form (<link
                                 condition="_blank"
-                                xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text">Well-Known
+                                xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text">Well-Known
                                 Binary</link>)</para>
                         </listitem>
                         <listitem>
                             <para>The coordinates of its <link condition="_blank"
-                                xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_bounding_rectangle"
+                                xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_bounding_rectangle"
                                 >bounding box</link> </para>
                         </listitem>
                     </itemizedlist>
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
                             <entry> <para>WKT</para> </entry>
                             <entry> <para>VARCHAR</para> </entry>
                             <entry> <para>The <link
-                                xlink:href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_Known_Text">Well-Known
+                                xlink:href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_Known_Text">Well-Known
                                 Text</link> representation of the geometry</para> </entry>
                             <entry/>
                         </row>
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
                             <entry> <para>VARCHAR</para> </entry>
                             <entry> <para>The WKT representation of the geometry</para> </entry>
                             <entry> <para>In the <link
-                                xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPSG:4326">epsg:4326</link>
+                                xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPSG:4326">epsg:4326</link>
                                 SRS</para> </entry>
                         </row>
                         <row>
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
                 GML parsing. It is <literal>null</literal> if the geometry is topologically not well
                 formed. This latter case is maybe a too restrictive feature of Geotools parser which
                 also throws <literal>NullPointerException</literal>s (!) if the GML is somehow not
-                well-formed. See <link xlink:href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-742"
+                well-formed. See <link xlink:href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-742"
                 >GEOT-742</link> for more information on this issue.</para>
             <para> <literal>documentDeleted</literal> is a flag indicating that the current document
                 has been deleted and that we don't have to process it any more. Remember that
@@ -1076,13 +1076,13 @@
                 <literal>org.geotools.gml.producer.GeometryTransformer</literal> which needs some
                 polishing because, despite it is called a transformer, it doesn't cope easily with a
                 <literal>Handler</literal> and returns a... <literal>String</literal> ! See <link
-                xlink:href="http://codehaus01a.managed.contegix.com/browse/GEOT-1315"
+                    xlink:href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-1315"
                 >GEOT-1315</link>.</para>
             <para>The last method is also a utility method:</para>
             <programlisting xlink:href="listings/listing-98.txt"/>
             <para>It implements a workaround for our test file SRS which isn't yet known by Geotools
                 libraries (see <link
-                xlink:href="http://codehaus01a.managed.contegix.com/browse/GEOT-1307"
+                    xlink:href="https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-1307"
                 >GEOT-1307</link>), then it tries to get the transformation from our cache. If it
                 doesn't succeed, it tries to find one in the libraries that are in the CLASSPATH.
                 Should those libraries lack the Bursa-Wolf parameters, it will make another attempt
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
                 operates in the <literal>http://exist-db.org/xquery/spatial</literal> namespace
                 (whose default prefix is <literal>spatial</literal>).</para>
             <para>The functions signatures are documented together with the functions themselves in
-                <link xlink:href="http://demo.exist-db.org/xquery/functions.xq">this page</link>.
+                <link xlink:href="https://demo.exist-db.org/xquery/functions.xq">this page</link>.
                 Here we will only look at their <literal>eval()</literal> methods.</para>
             <para>The first functions set we will describe is
                 <literal>org.exist.xquery.modules.spatial.FunSpatialSearch</literal>, which performs
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@
                 seconds, including some default fulltext indexing. Let's close the upload window and
                 quit the interactive client.</para>
             <para>Let's look our our GML file looks like on GML Viewer, a free viewer provided by
-                <link xlink:href="http://www.snowflakesoftware.co.uk/products/gmlviewer/index.htm"
+                <link xlink:href="https://wiki.snowflakesoftware.com/display/GV50DOC"
                 >Snowflake software</link>:</para>
             <informalfigure>
                 <mediaobject>

src/main/xar-resources/data/devguide_log4j/devguide_log4j.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
 
-    <para>This article explains how to add logging to eXist-db using <link xlink:href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j</link> in Java code.</para>
+    <para>This article explains how to add logging to eXist-db using <link xlink:href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j</link> in Java code.</para>
 
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <para>A big issue with the use of the logging system in troubleshooting is that it requires
             a <emphasis>restart</emphasis> for changes to the log configuration. Customers are often
             extremely reluctant to restart their production servers.</para>
-        <para>To amend these problems <link xlink:href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j</link> is introduced. Log4j is the most powerful Java-based logging library
+        <para>To amend these problems <link xlink:href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j</link> is introduced. Log4j is the most powerful Java-based logging library
             available today and is used by most of the application servers on the market.</para>
 
         <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@
                     <listitem>
                         <para>Various free and commercial products provide specialized viewing
                             capabilities for Log4j logs. Apache provides a very useful Log4j log
-                            viewer <link xlink:href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/chainsaw.html">Chainsaw</link>.</para>
+                            viewer <link xlink:href="https://logging.apache.org/chainsaw">Chainsaw</link>.</para>
                     </listitem>
                 </varlistentry>
             </variablelist>
 
 
-            <para>For more information visit the <link xlink:href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j website</link> website. </para>
+            <para>For more information visit the <link xlink:href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/">Log4j website</link> website. </para>
 
             <note>
                 <para>Java 1.4 and higher’s <code>java.util.logging</code> API is very similar to

src/main/xar-resources/data/devguide_rest/devguide_rest.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
     <info>
         <title>REST-Style Web API</title>
-        <date>1Q18</date>
+        <date>2Q19</date>
         <keywordset>
             <keyword>application-development</keyword>
             <keyword>interfaces</keyword>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
             images, CSS stylesheets or Javascript files into a database collection, it is entirely
             possible to serve a complex application out of the database. For instance, have a look
             at the example <link
-            xlink:href="http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/demo/examples/web/index.html">Using
+            xlink:href="https://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/demo/examples/web/index.html">Using
             XQuery for Web Applications</link> on the demo server.</para>
     </sect1>