Subject: Re: Re: [xsl] Re: Re: ?XSLT Repository? From: Mark Galbreath <mgalbrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 9:48:10 EDT |
A most excellent idea! Mark > From: Steve Ball <Steve.Ball@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2001/08/16 Thu PM 08:14:22 EDT > The W3C may not be the right place for that kind of effort. > There's also OASIS. > > However, why not do the same as the XML-DEV mailing list has done > for SAX and have the Standard Template Library developed right here? > > From my point-of-view there are two main efforts: EXSLT and XSLTSL > (ouch: too many acronyms... maybe we should think of some more > pleasant names for these?). One obvious thing to do is to ensure that > these two projects are well-defined and complementary (ie. > non-overlapping): > EXSLT should provide functionality which is not possible using XSLT > and XSLTSL is pure XSLT. Where the _functionality_ overlaps then > the API should be standardised. If we can also synchronise the > engineering standards across the two projects, that will make the > developer's lives easier (as you have already noted in previous > correspondance). > > Rich cross-linking between the two project's websites will ensure > that folks will find the pieces that they need to get their job done. > > There probably also needs to be a third project. Given the nature > of XSLT, some kinds of functionality must be expressed in terms of > complete stylesheets, rather than template libraries. In this case > we could have a library of boiler-plate stylesheets which people > can modifying for their own purposes. An example might be a stylesheet > for comparing two XML documents. The XSLT FAQ might be a good place > to start for this project. > > My AUD0.02 worth... > > Cheers, > Steve Ball > > -- > Steve Ball | XSLT Standard Library | Training & Seminars > Zveno Pty Ltd | Web Tcl Complete | XML XSL Schemas > http://www.zveno.com/ | TclXML TclDOM | Tcl, Web Development > Steve.Ball@xxxxxxxxx +---------------------------+--------------------- > Ph. +61 2 6242 4099 | Mobile (0413) 594 462 | Fax +61 2 6242 4099 > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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