Subject: XSL history (was RE: [xsl] XSL Sites) From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:31:26 +0100 |
August 1997 * XSL Note (proposed by Inso, MS and others): * Merger of DSSSL flow object and CSS formatting properties expressed in XML syntax January 1998 * XSL Working Group formed, and we are starting to see tools (MS Technology Preview, others) February 1998 * [XML Rec finalized] * XSL-List started at mulberrytech.com (we owe you, Tony!) May 1998 * XSL Requirements Summary August 1998 * XSL Working Draft * Significantly different from NOTE-XSL * Divided into "Tree Construction" and "Formatting Object" portions with different editors * XT alpha version released by James Clark December 1998 * XSL Working Draft * MS IE5 XSL processor largely conforms to this draft April 1999 * XSL Working Draft * Transformations are now a separate "XSLT" document but still part of XSL specification July 1999 * XSLT Working Draft * New XPath Working Draft common to XSLT and XPath November 1999 * XSLT (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt) and XPath (http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath) become Recommendations March 2000 * "Last Call" XSL Working Draft
Cheers, Wendell
> From: Matt Gushee
> > One more thing, im quite confuse about this. > > Yeah, lots of people are. It's inherently confusing.
> IMHO it helps a lot if you know a bit of history: <snip/> very helpful Matt.
Can anyone put dates to Matts potted history?
I'd like to add this to the faq, be nice to have some of the dates as well, (off list if you think its drifting off topic)
Regards DaveP
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