RE: xslt2: Retrieving a directory's non-XML file names

> I could give an example of a W3C language; the very popular DOM. W3C has
also defined HTML bindings for DOM.

That was done before the great Microsoft/Sun quarrel over Java.

> 
> I also think, that developing Java bindings for XSLT will not 
> be a length specification (it would be 2-3 pages I guess). I 
> think this does adds value to the XSLT community ...
> 

It's a lot more than three pages. See Appendix C of

http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt11/

And after the controversy in 2001, I don't think the WG will want to get its
fingers burnt again.

Take a look at some of the correspondence, for example

http://xsl.markmail.org/search/?q=Java%20language%20bindings%20petition

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