RE: IE5.0 and XSL

IE5 does not implement all of the features of the W3C WD.  We have tried to
choose a subset which offered the core functionality, and implement that
subset compatibly.  One feature we did not have time to implement is the
built-in templates, so you must add these to your stylesheet if you want to
rely on them.  The resulting stylesheet is still a conformant stylesheet and
should work in other XSL processors as well.

The "order-by" attribute is documented on our web site as an obsolete syntax
- we didn't have time to implement the preferred <xsl:sort> syntax for this
release.

We also believe that gt, lt, etc. should be included in XSL Patterns, and
expect them to be part of an upcoming draft.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier Brand [mailto:olivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 11:10 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IE5.0 and XSL
> 
> 
> Thanks Jonathan,
> 
> I have noticed that the template "/" should exist. I have put 
> something like
> "/mynode" and it doesn't go in it.
> So IE5.0 doens't conform to the last draft from W3C ? I was 
> surprised to see the
> order-by in a <xsl:for-each, the draft specifies <xsl:sort for that...
> When I went to XTech99, an example was given using operator 
> like : gt, lt,...
> they are not in the draft either but I think that they should be in.
> Anyway, IE5.0 is the only browser working with XSL and XML for now.
> 
> Olivier
> 
> Jonathan Marsh wrote:
> 
> > See 
> http://www.microsoft.com/xml/xsl/tutorials/conformance.asp 
> for a list of
> > unimplemented features and workarounds.  The IE5 
> implementation does not
> > support the complete feature set of XSL.  Since XSL is a 
> work in progress,
> > we tried to concentrate on the a small subset that we felt 
> was fairly stable
> > in the Working Draft and represented the core functionality 
> of XSL.  For the
> > first release, the focus on robustness and performance 
> instead of the
> > chasing changeable features.
> >
> > Your particular problem appears to be caused by the lack of 
> support for the
> > "built-in templates".  These templates are easily added to 
> your stylesheet
> > so it will work in both LotusXSL and IE5.
> >
> > Jonathan Marsh
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Olivier Brand [mailto:olivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 3:54 PM
> > > To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: IE5.0 and XSL
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tried the final release of IE5.0 and it seems that 
> it doesn't
> > > support at least the following tags:
> > >
> > > <xsl:sort
> > > <xsl:text
> > >
> > > I have an XML document with a link to an XSL document, IE5
> > > told me that
> > > these tags (sort and text were unknown ??) so after 
> removing them, I
> > > reloaded my XMl document and  I had a pretty blank page ??
> > > Where are all
> > > my data output by <xsl:value of are ???
> > > I do have the right html tags  and headers in my stylesheet.
> > > It is working fine with lotusxsl
> > >
> > > If somebody has a clue... Anyway if it doesn't work, I will
> > > zap IE5 from
> > > my HD....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> 
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