Re: [xsl] Xalan XSLT 3.0 implementation status

["Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the things that really boosted XSLT adoption in the early days was
having products attempt to leapfrog each other, and users able to point out
areas where one implementation was doing better than others. It would be great
to see that happen again.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 20 Dec 2025, at 17:12, Alan Painter alan.painter@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Mukul, for the update.
>
> For myself, but I think that the sentiment may be more general, I'm very
happy to see the progress of the work to 3.0. Great stuff!
>
> Best regards
>
> -alan
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 18:00 Mukul Gandhi mukulg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mukulg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> Hello xsl-list,
>>     IMHO, I've just wanted to write after few weeks since I previously
wrote to this list, about Apache Xalan's XSLT 3.0 implementation status on its
development branch.
>>
>> The status as of now is as follows,
>>
>> W3C XSLT 3.0 test sets run : 52
>>
>> From these XSL tests, Xalan's XSLT 3.0 implementation status is,
>>
>> fail="915" pass="2456" run="3377" skipped="596" success="72.73%"
>>
>> The intention of this mail is not to annoy any other XSLT 3.0
implementation. This mail is only to report to this list, about Xalan's XSLT
3.0 implementation efforts.
>>
>> Any words of encouragements from anyone within this forum, shall definitely
motivate Apache Xalan team to work further on these activities.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mukul Gandhi
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