RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.1

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think the W3C should seriously consider free membership for 
> individuals ... charging enormous fees will always ensure 
> that when times get financially tough that they lose resouces 
> immediately.

In practice, if individuals are prepared to contribute effort, they will be
usually be allowed to join as invited experts. Anyone in this position is
welcome to contact the chair.

I think the proportion of individuals to big-company representatives has
actually been increasing as times get harder. But everyone is finding travel
difficult.
> 
> Also (the evil Jim) would argue that working on a v2.1 of a 
> spec that has very few v2.0 implementations is speculative 
> and perhaps a waste of time and resources.
> 
Yes, that's a tough one. There have been four XSLT 2.0 implementations which
is not unreasonable (how many independent implementations of Javascript are
there? How many are needed?). 

Many of the members of the group are users rather than implementors which in
theory is a good thing, but the risk of creating a specification that
remains forever on paper is a real one. However, I'm finding that the group
generates many ideas which are feeding into Saxon which will benefit the
community whether or not it succeeds as a standard.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay