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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. -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://fourthought.com http://copia.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org 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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