Re: [xsl] Definite list of XSLT 2.0 processors?

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to everyone for joining in on this discussion, which went 
slightly beyond my original intentions (a good thing), but learnt a few 
new things along the way. Was a bit surprised that throughout this 
thread, the market seems divided between LAMP and Java only. What 
happened to ASP, C#.NET or even desktop/tools? And what about browser's 
client-side XSLT 2.0?

If I try to compile a little final list of all information so far, it'll 
look something like the following. If you have information about the 
gaps in my information gathering, I'm (still/always) all ears.


Complete implementations
------------------------
- Saxon-HE, open source, basic [1][3]
- Saxon-PE, commercial closed source, basic [2][3]
- Saxon-EE, commercial closed source, schema-aware [2][3]
- AltovaXML, free closed source, schema-aware[4]
- IBM WebSphere Feature Pack, free* closed source, schema aware[5]

*  the feature pack is free, WebSphere, to which it belongs, is not


Incomplete implementations
--------------------------
- Intel XSLT 2.0, public beta free dl, basic*, 90% conformance [6]
- Gestalt, open source, no more development, unknown conformance [7]
- Oracle 10.1+, unclear status, no dl, unknown conformance [8]

* Intel wants feedback, in particular about whether to implement SA.


Alternatives
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- EXSLT, extensions to XSLT 1.0 to close the gap, no conformance [9]
- XSLT 2.0 through XSLT 1.0 (can't find the link anymore)


No plans
--------
- Microsoft has postponed plans for XSLT 2.0 indefinitely [10]

Wishes
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- Native XSLT 2.0 for .NET. The XPath 2.0 datamodel is already there
- Native C/C++ XSLT 2.0 processor for LAMP and others
- Open source C-interface for implementation in open source browsers


References
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[1]  http://saxon.sourceforge.net
[2]  http://saxonica.com
[3]  http://www.saxonica.com/feature-matrix.html
[4]  http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html
[5]  http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/featurepacks/xml/
[6]  
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-soa-expressway-xslt-20-processor/
[7]  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gestalt/
[8]  http://blogs.oracle.com/rammenon/2007/05/xslt_20.html
[9]  http://www.exslt.org/
[10] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1525299/xpath-and-xslt-2-0-for-net


Vyacheslav Sedov wrote:
> for C/C++ world maybe better option is to compile XSLT 2.0 stylesheet
> into C/C++ code (if you need very fast conversion)
>
> but even with this case i suggest that pros and cons not vote for this case too
>
> JDK7 with G1 for Saxon (maybe EE) probably much better idea to get
> lightspeed XSLT 2.0 conversion (don`t forget about second front in
> face of AMD & Intel "brains")
>
> 2010/1/20 Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 2010/1/19 Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex <gerrit.imsieke@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > On 19.01.2010 21:51, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > > > If I had time I would. Would be better if one or a subset of the Saxon
> > > > development community did it.
> > > Dr. Kay's left leg, for example.
> > It authored By one person ! Wow, sorry Dr Kay.
> >
> > Aaron