Re: syntax feedback

[Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx]

I've wondered at such references in the W3C specs, and excuse my ignorance,
but what do "normative" and "non-normative" mean?

Cheers
     Guy.





xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/15/98 07:29:33 PM

To:   xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc:    (bcc: Guy Murphy/UK/MAID)
Subject:  Re: syntax feedback




At 15 Dec 1998 05:13 -0800, Toivo Lainevool wrote:
 > Isn't SGML/DSSSL for the serious print applications?  I thought
 > XML/XSL was supposed to be "SGML Lite".  SGML/DSSSL can be used for
 > the "serious" people and XML/XSL will be for the masses.
Two of the non-normative design principles of XSL (Appendix D) are:
 - XSL should support browsing, printing, and interactive editing and
   design tools
...
 - XSL should provide the formatting functionality of at least DSSSL
   and CSS

I expect a lot of serious XML users want to use their XML for both
print and display, plus I expect that people's perception of what's
"good enough" when printing something that they got off the Web will
change over time, rather like dot-matrix wasn't "good enough" after
laser printers with scalable fonts became widely available.
Regards,

Tony Graham
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