Subject: RE: syntax feedback From: "Reynolds, Gregg" <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:43:54 -0600 |
Not a valid assumption. There has been no change in the XSL charter that I know of. Speaking only for myself, I would point out that designing a language that does what DSSSL does, and what CSS does, and works for browsers, and for print, and supports "all" languages, and works audio output, and etc., is considerably more difficult than designing a tree tranformation language. One need only observe that the problem domain for a tranformation language is quite well defined, with a (relatively) long history of scholarly papers and research to draw on. The problem domain for a style language is a different animal altogether. There is no theory of style - or rather, there are hundreds; but there is no generally accepted vocabulary and formal body of theory. Everybody knows how to read, but how many people can articulate what makes one page beautiful (or just easy on the eyes) and another repellent? It's hard to even talk about typesetting, composition, style, etc., - just look at the wonderful variety of terminologies we have to choose from. This is especially true when you move to "exotic" languages, where one's usual aesthetic and semantic categories no longer work. I guess the moral of the story is that you should not despair just because the XSL style language didn't spring fully-formed from the forehead the the XSL-WG. - Gregg Reynolds speaking only for hisself. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Dent [mailto:dent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 6:17 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: syntax feedback ... XSL seems so weak in its support for printing at present I assume that this goal had been implicitly dropped. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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