Subject: XSL-T, XTL.... or XQL? From: "Oren Ben-Kiki" <oren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:55:48 +0200 |
Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Hi. > >Actually I didn't expect anybody to bite the bait but hey, it was worth a >try :) > >As for your hypothetical... quite appropriate for a Friday afternoon I >think. > >When comparing an XQL angle to an XSL one, it might be interesting to look >at the position paper from the XSL WG on XQL... > >While there are many similarities between the two efforts the focus between >the two is markedly different. Actually it seems as though XSL is a proper subset of XQL. >You see we have a description of transformation within XSL but for XQL >people are looking to produce a different description based upon the >existing XSL one, rather than simply use the XSL one. Given XSL < XQL, it is obvious one would need to do that. >So in the scenario >you paint it's quite reasonable to run the other way and if XQL pre-existed >build an XSL transformative descriptiton based on the existing XQL one. Given XSL < XQL, it doesn't follow that we'd bother to define the XSL subset as a separate language. >You say ..."Now, it may be just me, but I don't feel that the second >alternative would >have been even seriously considered, never mind actually being accepted as >the dominant solution."... but that is exactly what is being considered, >just the other way around. Again, a necessity given XSL < XQL, redundant the other way around. >You see producing a language standard isn't just a software engineering >exercise involving factoring of isolated parts, it's is more akin to >product development or which software engineering is but one part. In >delivering a product ones objective is to best meet the specified >requirements. Getting the requirements right is also important :-) It is also important not to give the user two 80% compatible solutions, so that only by using them together he can get what he needs. Have fun, Oren Ben-Kiki. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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