[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: [xsl] ANNOUNCE: Petition to withdraw xsl:script from XSLT 1.1
Steve Muench wrote: > > | On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Steve Muench wrote: > | > This reponse contains your own personal inferences > | > and conclusions that have no direct bearing on what the > | > XSLT 1.1 WD says. My comments were that the mechanism > | > is designed to allow any language. Anyone reading > | > the spec can verify the two points that I made. > | > | The XSLT 1.1 WD xsl:script construct allows specific > | ECMA Script code and specific references to specific > | Java package names as a method to name extension functions. > > <xsl:script> itself, allows *any* language's code, > not just ecmascript and java. I consider separately > the question of whether the XSL 1.1 WD should change > to allow *only* > > <xsl:script language="qname-but-not-ncname"> > > instead of > > <xsl:script language="java | ecmascript | QName-but-not-NCName"> > > removing the two "shortcut/builtin" names. > I don't consider this a separate question - to me, it is the single most obnoxious aspect of xsl:script. If you make this change, what does compelling advantage does xsl:script offer over community-based extensions such as exsl? Francis.
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