Subject: RE: XML Transformation Language (was Re: removing HTML flow objects?) From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:23:12 -0700 |
At 17:03 98/05/26 -0400, Rob McDougall wrote: >I worry that XSL will "define by implication" an XML transformation >facility. >... >Whether they intend to or not, the XSL WG will be defining a >transformation facility to transform a generic XML document. I think James' semantics and associated flow objects for "formatting output into SGML syntax" (my quotes, not his) used in JADE have been shown to be effective in transforming structured information from one model into an instance conforming to another model. I would hope such semantics would be available in the upcoming XSL (either by specification or at least by extension as they are currently expressed as non-standard extensions to DSSSL using a standardized extension technique). The flow objects may end up being different, but the semantics of "formatting into markup syntax" have been proven as being useful. >I'd like to see someone take the time to think through >and define what features should be in a generic XML processor before >they run off and design a specific instance of one. How would you characterize (perhaps by example) such a "feature of a generic XML processor"? Need XML processors necessarily have common features? Wouldn't different XML processor vendors wish to compete with product differentiation of features? ........ Ken -- G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com Box 266, V: +1(613)489-0999 Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 F: +1(613)489-0995 PGP Privacy: http://www.cyberus.ca/~holman/gkholman.pgp Training: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/schedule.htm Shareware: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/shareware/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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