On 21/12/2025 18:08, Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I think I have heard on the grape-vine (conference talks?) that
>> Streaming in XSLT 3.0 is being considered for removal in XSLT 4.0. If
>> that is the case, I wondered if you were aware? Therefore, I also
>> wonder if perhaps it would make implementation simpler for Xalan to
>> target XSLT 4 instead of XSLT 3?
>>
> The current situation is that the streaming feature has been moved into a
separate specification of its own, rather in the same way that XQuery Update
is in its own specification.
>
But I think it is fine to work on Xalan as an XSLT 3 processor without
streaming, for instance, very much as Saxon HE is an XSLT 3 processor
without supporting streaming.