Subject: Re: Scheme Programming Reference From: Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:09:00 -0400 (EST) |
At 23 Jun 1999 12:36 -0400, Darrell W. Royter wrote: > I am fairly new to the world of DSSSL. I'd love to learn more, but I agree > with everyone who says that there just isn't a solid reference for the > beginner. I think SGML is a powerful language and maybe the reason it loses > ground to XML is that there are better books on the topic. If more people That is not the reason. > understood DSSSL, XML might not be so hot. I think there is an urgent need That's a bit of a stretch. If more people understood DSSSL, DSSSL might not be dismissed as being dead quite so often, but that still wouldn't dent XML's current mindshare. > to get more support for DSSSL at the beginner level. This I agree with. Unfortunately, we've been saying the same thing since 1997 but still haven't achieved it. Some of the best written material for DSSSL is actually in early XML books, since for a while XML was going to use a subset of DSSSL for its styling. There is some DSSSL material scattered around the Web, but we still don't have the definitive resource. Every time the subject comes up, there's a lot of agreement and a lot of good intentions, but we still don't have it. Sometimes I think I squandered the initial enthusiasm for the DSSSL Documentation Project, but the project still has popular appeal, and no-one else has produced a DSSSL book either, so that can't be the only reason why we don't have even one DSSSL book. Regards, Tony Graham ====================================================================== Tony Graham mailto:tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9632 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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