RE: [xsl] XSLT for Mashups

["Alex Clark" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On the other hand, we (W3C) did not define explicit places to put, say,
> SQL or SPARQL or other syntax to configure such inputs; for my own part
> I'd be supportive of such an idea.

Excellent, one supporter so far.  :)  I'm happy to help define this.

> Having said all that, I also wonder whether XQuery isn't a better
> starting-point for mashups... not because of differences in power
> of the languages, but because of different focus of implementations.

FWIW: We chose XSL over XQuery mainly for the ability to do schema
validation.  We wanted third parties to add custom tags (similar to
extensions in XSL).  Vendors could then create schemas that would ensure the
templates only contained tags supported by that vendor.