Subject: Re: DSSSL engine in LISP? (also Re: html to dsssl) From: Daniel Mahler <dmahler@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:54:53 -0500 |
Didier PH Martin wrote: > Didier says: > Good, there is life in the DSSSL world. As a DSSSL user I am happy to see > that life energy is back among us. As a OpenJade team member, I says, go for > it Daniel, having some competition is fun and challenging. So, go for it, > the OpenJade team will have some competition and some challenge. Don't wait > for an approval from the community. Bring the the community the best you can > do and let it decide what is the best. I think you have misunderstood me. The community interest/approval is not for my benefit. I am trying to generate the interest, because of what Alex, SENG's original developer, wrote to me Alex Milowski wrote: > > Actually, we didn't go out of business. We were purcharsed by Veo Systems > which is now Commerce One. Unfortunately, the DSSSL engine is buried in > their company and, although not related to their current line of business, > will probably never surface. Especially since I no longer work there. > > *If* there was significant interest, I might be able to get it out from > under their sticky fingers and release it as open source. > > R. Alexander Milowski alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Remember: Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. I have already informed him of my interest and I believe Brandon has informed him of his. I do not think that constitutes "significant interest" in Alex's eyes. So, unless other people are interested, SENG will remain proprietary and buried, regardless of what I do. It is also NOT my intention to compete with OpenJade. I just have different applications in mind than what Jade was designed for. I am more interested in online EDI and eCommerce applications of DSSSL. In this context the following points are emphasised: * query and tranformation facilities over formatting * easily extensible open architecture * access to other internet software much of which is written in Java. * dynamic interactive content By James Clarke's own messages, these are not the strong points of Jade. I am also hoping that a JVM DSSSL engine would make it possible to render documents in existing browsers (using applets, beans or whatever ...). I hope that explains why I have been chewing up bandwith on this list. regards Daniel DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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