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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Ten new XQuery, XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Working
 Right. But how about "I don't want to have to deal with all 40-odd XSDL Mike, Michael Kay has indicated on the official public-qt-comments list that this is already possible. At least that's how I read his comment. I am in process of a discussion with him on public-qt-comments re how well that is communicated in the specs. I don't think it is particularly clear in the drafts and you don't seem to have picked it up either. ... Of course, maybe we are both dumb. :) I think it is a common situation that arises in communicating complex ideas. What is "clear" to the writer may still be "opaque" to the reader. And I am "encouraging" the WG to produce a Primer (analagous to the one for XSD Schema). At the moment I get the impression that I am not pushing at an open door. Also, [definitely not wearing my Day Job hat, Dr. Kay gets paid to think "need" and "want" may not be synonymous, of course. The Powers that Be don't pay attention to comments that a WG didn't have a chance to consider. So, bottom line, for better or worse, if one wants TimBL and the TAG to listen to a fundamental criticism about a spec, "unconstructive" For my education, is that why at the end of many/all official responses to comments there is a rhetorical question to the effect, "Is that ok with you?". Which I typically don't respond to. So, if I write back and say "No, you need to do better" (or words to that effect, with supporting justification) ... I am referring to the general case here not specifically XSLT / XPath / XQuery ... then a button is pressed to start a review process, either in the WG or higher up. Is that correct? I guess it makes sense to flag "unresolved issues" and consider those before PR / REC status. It gives W3C some measure of reassurance that a daft idea isn't being pushed through by a bunch of folks with a common vested interest (which, in one sense at least, is what a W3C WG is). [Someone correct me if I'm wrong about the process here, and it may be only W3C members that get to "lie down in the <grin/> ... Maybe not for much longer. :) In practice, I suspect that a W3C member would have a significantly louder voice. Andrew Watt 
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