Subject: RE: [xsl] XSLT 1.1 comments From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:12:31 -0800 (PST) |
... I agree intensely with all the below. Tobi --- Adam Van Den Hoven <Adam.Hoven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not sure the problem lies with those who are > implementing XSLT 1.1 > processors. The problem exists for those of us who > are using XSLT to produce > transformation documents. If I write a document that > I can say is 100% XSLT > compliant, then I demand that when I use that > document in a processor that > is 100% compliant the resulting output is exactly as > I have specified. With > xsl:script, this is not possible. Because > implementors are not guaranteed to > implement the xsl:script tag in a consistent way (if > at all), I have no > guaranted that my XSLT document is going to generate > the correct > transformations. > > Where this becomes a big issue is with client side > transformations. One of > the big promises of the XML revolution was that I'd > be able to send a client > (web browser, PDA, cell phone, ...) one transform > document and several data > document and allow the client to do the > transoformation. Now, I expect to > have to produce different transforms for specific > target clients. However, I > have no realistic expectation to know whether the > xsl parser that is at the > client supports ecmascript, Java, C++, C#, Python or > what ever. All of a > sudden we're back to a situation similar to the > browser wars (only worse). > Although I can assume that 90% of my viewers are > going to use IE, I'd really > rather not have to. > > Adam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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