Subject: Re: 2.6 patterns: let's try variations on the XML syntax From: Chris von See <cvonsee@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:07:50 -0500 |
At 01:16 AM 8/25/98 -0400, Liam Quin wrote: >Make a style language, a link language, a locator language, >a transformation language and a resource description language [2] >that all feel as if they belong together, that are simple enough that >they can be used by relatively non-technical people in an afternoon, >and yet that are powerful enough to meet very advanced needs. > >It may be that XSL is there, but I don't think so. It's a draft, >and I think the wind blowing back is saying, make it simpler. Make >it the same as other parts of XML. Make it more accessible. > >The XSL query syntax needs to be integrated with XPointer and XLink, >or maybe a revised form of these, and XSchema, RDF and namespaces should >be built on that infrastructure. > If I read this correctly, the implicit assumption is that all of these languages need to be capable of being hand-coded by relative newbies... I've seen other comments in this list say that this is in fact a goal of XML and XSL, but I tend to disagree that we should make that a *primary* goal. I believe that we should not subjugate developing powerful tools to developing a syntax that "feels as if it belongs together". Even if the syntax *is* easy, people will still gravitate toward tools that can generate the code for them, so I think we should focus on ensuring that these standards can express what we see as the future of hypermedia. If the syntax is difficult to hand-code, then so be it - and besides, having a difficult syntax helps keep independent software vendors in business ;-) Chris True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. -- Pope, "Essay on Criticism, II" XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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