Subject: RE: About XML to multiple language/multiple outputs From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:30:58 -0400 |
Hi, I didn't noticed at first sight, that Frank Christoph was working for Next Solutions (provider of DSSSL Print - a commercial product based on DSSSL) and that therefore DSSSL-2 could have a lot of impact on commercial ventures based on DSSSL. This is probably why he expressed some legitimate fear on DSSSL-2 (I hope this was the motive and not less noble ones). First, like Brandon said, do not worry about the ISO process. It is a process well organized and nothing will be thrown out without careful attention from ISO members. The first step we are taking is to aggregate all the knowledge we gained in the last 5 years. Also, to aggregate the knowledge now found outside of DSSSL and now part of some W3C recommendations. All this knowledge is useful and should be synthesized, and made "explicit" as much as possible in a document. secondly: after a certain time where people will be able to make comments on this document (not yet an official ISO document but a work document on which further ISO work could be done), a draft specification document will be published to be commented by ISO members. third: After some comments round, the document can be published as "draft" for public comments and go through the ballot process where ISO members will comment and vote on the specification acceptance. throughout the process, a careful attention should be given to conformance with other ISO specifications (in that case, with Hytime in particular and recently with ISMID). For instance, the impact for any property set modification or addition may have an impact on Hytime specifications, also any modifications to the query language may have major impact to SDQL used by both ISMID and Hytime. In all cases, at least, backward compatibility has to be preserved. We are actually only at the first step, assembling the knowledge to prepare the first draft. This requires enormous work (this requires a lot of synthesis, and knowledge of a lot of specifications and constant attention to unfulfilled needs expressed from the community). This knowledge will be then translated form "tacit" to "explicit" in the form of a document. This is why, expressing needs: unfulfilled or with higher cost than expected are useful to the process. regards Didier PH Martin mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netfolder.com DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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