[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: W3C Successes (RE: W3C Culture and Aims )
Hi Christopher, Christopher said: > That's a fair description, but part of the reason for that is precisely > because XSLT was a distillation of lessons learned from James's extensions > to DSSSL in Jade. With his element and attribute pseudo--flow-objects, no > one really needed the full transformation language, and that was the best > practice distilled by XSLT. XPath was also a best-practices distillation, > from URLs, directory navigation, TEI pointers, and CSS and other stylesheet > languages' selectors. > Didier replies: We shouldn't underestimate the influence XML-dev got on XSLT developments. I remember the discussions that occurred on this topic. These discussions where influential for the breakup of XSL into XSLT and XSLFO. These discussions occurred also because of the experience we got from DSSSL and the new opportunities offered by XML based rendering languages. cheers Didier PH Martin
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|