Re: [xsl] MatTS, an alternate syntax for XSLT

[Evan Lenz <evan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, this is what I've been waiting for! I was just thinking the other 
day that XSLT is cool and all, but it clearly does not have enough Greek 
symbols. I can't believe how perfectly your proposal addresses my 
deepest needs as a human being!

Thank you Sean, I am indebted to you.

Evan


Sean M. Burke wrote:
> In the best tradition of modern higher mathematical notation and 
> typography
> [http://math.berkeley.edu/~ilya/papers/PL_Grassmannian/gel_dikf.pdf], 
> I have chosen well-known Greek letters and various printers' symbols 
> for the operators.
>
> The following table illustrates and specifies this formalism:
>
>     N1 apply-imports
>     N2 apply-templates
>     O attribute
>     N attribute-set
>     N; call-template
>     N> choose
>     O comment
>     N< copy
>     N3 copy-of
>     N decimal-format
>     O element
>     N8 fallback
>     N6 for-each
>     O if
>     N) import
>     N include
>     N key
>     N< message
>     N namespace-alias
>     N= number
>     O otherwise
>     N output
>     N' param
>     N preserve-space
>     N5 sort
>     N? strip-space
>     N# stylesheet
>     N template
>     N9 text
>     N$ transform
>     N: value-of
>     N4 variable
>     O when
>     O with-param
>     N  processing-instruction
>
>     B?... test="..."
>     b... name="..."
>     b	... match="..."
>     B'... select="..."
>     B+...B; (general attribute value)
>
> The preceding explanation aside, the best way to appreciate MatTS is 
> by simply trying it out -- MatTS as a visualization application is 
> itself implemented in browser-accessible XSLT, and so can be used to 
> view other XSLTs as well as itself:
>  http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/xsl/matts_usage_example.xsl
>  http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/xsl/matts.xsl
> Compare with the clutter of those XSLs when viewed in conventional 
> XSLT notation:
>  http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/xsl/matts_usage_example.xsl.txt
>  http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/xsl/matts.xsl.txt