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Re: [ANN] XSieve: XSLT + Scheme


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On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 00:18 +0400, Oleg A. Paraschenko wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to introduce XSieve, an XML transformation language based on
> combination of XSLT and Scheme (a Lisp dialect). XSieve make XSLT to be
> a general-purpose language. Personally for me, XSieve is an alternative to
> XSLT 2.0. For objectives, read
> 
> * http://xsieve.sourceforge.net/index.html#preface
> * http://xsieve.sourceforge.net/background.html
> 
> XSieve allows to use Scheme for writing XSLT extensions. The special
> features, which differentiate it from extensions in
> Java/JavaScript/Python/etc, are the following.

Good work, man, but...

> * Scheme is a functional languages, while other extension languages are
> imperative.
> 
> * XSieve doesn't have XML API. Instead, XML nodes are automatically
> represented using Scheme lists (SXML format), and Scheme code works
> with the lists.
> 
> * It's possible to say "apply-templates" in Scheme code.

It's certainly possible to say that in Python code (and I'd be surprised
if it wasn't, with some work, in most other languages as well).

> * Controversal: XSieve supports entities in output.

Why is that controversial?  If the entities are created by extension
elements, it should be perfectly legitimate.


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Uche Ogbuji                               Fourthought, Inc.
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Use CSS to display XML, part 2 - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss2-i.html
XML Output with 4Suite & Amara - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/04/20/py-xml.html
Use XSLT to prepare XML for import into OpenOffice Calc - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-oocalc/
Schema standardization for top-down semantic transparency - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think31.html


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