RE: [xsl] Diff between Saxon and InstantSaxon ?

["Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am still using Saxon 6 as well as 9 as when I last tried using V9 for
DocBook Chunked Html generation I got a message from it saying that chunked
output was not available from Saxon 9 (or possibly that the DocBook
stylesheets at that time (probably over a year ago) wouldn't run with XSL 2).

Can anyone/Michael indicate whether this is still the 0.1% that needs to stay
with Saxon 6, or is it time to upgrade my DocBook system ?

Appreciatively,
Richard.

PS
Sorry for replying to such an old email - I've just got back from holiday
.....






> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 August 2009 20:24
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Diff between Saxon and InstantSaxon ?
>
> >
> > However on page:
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/saxon/
> >
> > I can download an "InstantSaxon v6.5.2"
> >
> > What are the differences ?
> >
>
> InstantSaxon is a very old product designed in the days when Microsoft
> shipped Windows with a built-in Java VM. It won't work unless
> you can get
> hold of a copy of the Microsoft JVM. However, the SourceForge
> policy is that
> once a product is released, it remains forever available.
>
> There's also Saxon 6.5.5 which is the last version of the
> Saxon XSLT 1.0
> processor. Quite a few people are using that who for one
> reason or another
> don't want to upgrade to XSLT 2.0, but I wouldn't recommend
> it: Saxon 9.1
> handles XSLT 1.0 stylesheets with 99.9% compatibility and better
> performance.
>
> Saxon 9.2 is about to hit the streets: the packaging is
> changed so there are
> now three editions: Enterprise (EE), Professional (PE), and
> Home (HE). The
> Home Edition is open source; Saxon-EE is essentially a
> renaming of Saxon-SA
> to reflect the fact that it offers much more than
> schema-awareness, and PE
> is designed as a low-cost commercial product to meet the needs of most
> commercial users. I'll talk more about it in due course.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay