Subject: Re: Language choice (was: Re: Interactive XML) From: Gregg Reynolds <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:13:24 -0400 |
Brandon Ibach wrote: > > So, could someone > briefly explain, or point me to something online which explains, why > a whole new standard is being created rather than some type of > adaptation or profile of DSSSL? TIA... > I've posted similar anguished pleas and the usual response is "it was thought that..." or "it was decided that..." DSSSL was too hard, or too "printy", or something along those lines. Certainly DSSSL can be improved, and it doesn't even address large areas of functionality of great importance to the online world. But I've never seen or even heard of any reasoned critique of it (ok, I may not have been paying attention, but if it's out there it's pretty well hidden). I'd love to see an account of exactly where "it is thought" that DSSSL falls short, but I think we'll just have to infer this from XSL publications. There is some merit to the "too complicated" charge, but there is also some merit to the argument that it, like many of its ISO cousins, is rendered far more complicated than necessary by the language in which it is written. And I don't mean English. The other complaint I've seen is the old "too many parentheses" whine, er (sound of hyperventilating), argument against Scheme. And remember that DSSSL is an ISO standard. Great, international consensus, but imagine how long it would take ISO to do an upgrade of DSSSL. Much better to have a strongly managed, quick and productive organization like W3C do it; just pretend that ISO commissioned W3C to adapt DSSSL to the web. And in truth I think once the whole thing is finished you'll find that indeed XSL is "some type of adaptation or profile of DSSSL". Ciao, Gregg (I only rant for myself. Any organizations with which I am affiliated will have to rant on their own.) XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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