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Re: xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0

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• Subject: Re: xPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0 ... size increase over v1.0
• From: Erik Bruchez <erik@b...>
• Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:09:19 -0700
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 > I have to agree with Dare here.  Premature standardization with
 > little-to-no implementation experience has led to some really awful
 > standards, and a lot of the things being made into Official W3C
 > Recommendations don't really need to be standardized in the first
 > place, or at least not yet!

 > Freeing XSLT's evolution from the W3C process would allow more room
 > for experimentation and innovation. It would also provide an
 > opportunity to see which ideas are worth keeping and which can be
 > discarded, and then throwing the latter away!

I agree on the principle as well. But it's been almost 4 years since
XSLT 1.0, and there is a real need in the industry for a new version
of XSLT. I would think that the XML community's experience with 1.0,
EXSLT and other extensions would have been enough to get to a
satisfying (W3C standard) XSLT 2.0 by now. Do I understand correctly
that you are pointing your finger at the reliance of XSLT 2.0 on W3C
Schema?

Maybe W3C should require the development of a reference implementation
for every spec. This is the way Sun's Java Community Process works.

-Erik

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