RE: Grand Unification Theory (XSL/XPointer)

HI Guy,

<Comment>
I too have been thinking on this matter, specifically examining why I seem
to prefer the idea of using XSL-like pattern matching to point, and came up
with the conclusion that as I understand it at the moment (I *need* to do
more reading on XPointer, wanted to check a few things but W3C.org seems to
be down at the mo), XSL-like pattern matching gives me flexibility as to
what I want to point at, especialy if the nodes I want to point at aren't
continuous and adjacent. Does XPointer allow for this type of pointing?
</Comment>

<reply>
Yes, you can with XPointer. It is actually wuite versatile. But the problem
is that we introduce a new syntax to the same job as we do with XSL. The
whole is:

a) Have XL patterns as XPointer subsets
b) choice 1: XPOinter is like today's XSL patterns syntax, choice 2: XSL
patterns are like XXpointers

The whole thing is to stop multiplying the entities to do the same job or to
express the same concept. As more and more workgroup are created in W3C,
less and less unity of design of have. If this process do not stop, we'll
have a XML world more complex that what was envisioned at the beginning. So,
the request to W3C here is: Can you guys talk together so that we, users,
writers, implementers, evangelist could benefit from a well integrated work
instead of the assembly of several kingdoms.
</reply>


<Comment>
It would seem to me that XSL-like patterns that returned a flat collection,
would be nice for pointing, and would continue consistently from current
emerging standards.
</Comment>

<Reply>
yes. What we need from W3C is an Occam somewhere with the task of checking
for similar concept and have different group use the same concept or
notation or improve it. I know that there is an integration group, I don't
know exactly their responsibility but from the result, it seems that this
whole point just moved under their eyes without being noticed. Or that
political unkown reasons from us conducted to this state.
</reply>

regards
Didier PH Martin
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