Subject: Re: [xsl] Sorting Upper-Case first. Microsoft bug? From: Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:43:39 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi Stan, in real world XML files, variety of data is possible *with liklyhood of numbers also existing along with alphabets*, so i think popular XSLT processors have to implement with some way of providing sorted order to such data. i feel that is why, true lexicographic meaning is not possible with XSLT processors .. Regards, Mukul --- Stan Devitt <jsdevitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Markus, > > Actually, I don't think we are that far apart. I > strongly agree with > you that the kind sort you mention is very > important. I was definitely > not suggesting it be removed and I don't really care > what the various > sorts are called. (Also, I'm only guessing that > true lexicographic > really was meant in the first place ...) > > My biggest concern was over the "technical" > contradiction between the > REC and the implementations and the evident > difficulty in reaching a > concensus on that fact. > > I was also somewhat surprised that people did not > seem to have noticed > that an implementor COULD have remained > technically true to the > lexicographic reference in the spec. and also > addressed many (50% ?, > 80%?, more? ) cultural differences also as > directed by the REC. The > fact that multiple implementors chose to sacrifice > the technical meaning > of lexicographic to further the cultural directive > just lends weight to > your argument of how important the other kind sort > is and I'm not > disagreeing with their decision. > > Bottom line: People should not be this confused by > the REC. A REC of > this sort should definitely not > use a technical word like lexicographic in a > non-technical sense. > Either it did, or there is a contradiction. > > We may still disagree on the importance of a true > lexicographic sort, > but we can debate that elsewhere. > Myself, I find it much more useful for my kind of > data . :) > > Stan Devitt > > > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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