Features of Saxon vs. Features of the Standard

Michael:

I know Saxon is yours, and also that you have contributed significantly
to the standards.  Why does Saxon has so many useful features whereas
the standard has shortcomings in key areas?

-Mike
P.S. Honored to get to chat with you online after reading your book.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:00 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  dynamic variable name/implementation question

> IOW, can an XSLT processor generate and XSLT file and then launch
> another transform recursively?

Not without use of processor extensions, such as

saxon:compile-stylesheet()
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensions/functions/compile-style
shee
t.html

and saxon:transform()
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensions/functions/transform.htm
l

But of course you can also do it from other languages such as Java, or a
pipeline processing language.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/