Re: [xsl] Re: XPath as a stand-alone programming language

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Michael Kay: can SAXON run as a stand-alone XPath 3.0 processor? If 
no, are you planning to create a stand-alone XPath 3.0 processor?

Saxon certainly allows you to run XPath queries directly from a Java or 
.NET API, which is what matters to most end-users.

There's a requirement/opportunity for a software component that only 
does XPath and not XSLT or XQuery, which could be a tiny fraction of the 
size of Saxon, packaged in a way that makes it suitable for integration 
as a component into other products. Saxon's not currently well packaged 
for that role.

Michael Kay
Saxonica