Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: Re: ?XSLT Repository? From: Steve Ball <Steve.Ball@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:14:22 +1000 |
Dimitre Novatchev wrote: > > > goto www.exslt.org > > > > or http://xsltsl.sourceforge.net > > > > or http://www.vbxml.com/snippetcentral/main.asp > > Of these three www.vbxml.com and xsltsl.sourceforge.net contain 100% pure XSLT > solutions. > > All three are limited and incomplete, are created by small groups of people and > therefore much more needs to be accomplished. > > I think that these examples show why a W3C-developed Standard XSLT Template Library > would be an extremely valuable and useful (self-implementing) specification. The W3C may not be the right place for that kind of effort. There's also OASIS. However, why not do the same as the XML-DEV mailing list has done for SAX and have the Standard Template Library developed right here? >From my point-of-view there are two main efforts: EXSLT and XSLTSL (ouch: too many acronyms... maybe we should think of some more pleasant names for these?). One obvious thing to do is to ensure that these two projects are well-defined and complementary (ie. non-overlapping): EXSLT should provide functionality which is not possible using XSLT and XSLTSL is pure XSLT. Where the _functionality_ overlaps then the API should be standardised. If we can also synchronise the engineering standards across the two projects, that will make the developer's lives easier (as you have already noted in previous correspondance). Rich cross-linking between the two project's websites will ensure that folks will find the pieces that they need to get their job done. There probably also needs to be a third project. Given the nature of XSLT, some kinds of functionality must be expressed in terms of complete stylesheets, rather than template libraries. In this case we could have a library of boiler-plate stylesheets which people can modifying for their own purposes. An example might be a stylesheet for comparing two XML documents. The XSLT FAQ might be a good place to start for this project. My AUD0.02 worth... Cheers, Steve Ball -- Steve Ball | XSLT Standard Library | Training & Seminars Zveno Pty Ltd | Web Tcl Complete | XML XSL Schemas http://www.zveno.com/ | TclXML TclDOM | Tcl, Web Development Steve.Ball@xxxxxxxxx +---------------------------+--------------------- Ph. +61 2 6242 4099 | Mobile (0413) 594 462 | Fax +61 2 6242 4099 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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