RE: XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators V

If you want make any of these points to the people who will be making the
decisions, you should be using the www-xml-query-comments@xxxxxx list.

Mike Kay

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Bayes
> Sent: 05 September 2001 19:18
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> Subject: RE:  XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators
> Version 1.0
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>
> > > > Well, I don't think trig functions are going to make it
> into the
> > > > core (though one never knows!);
> > >
> > > Why is that?
> >
> > I don't think the group has agreed any definitive criteria
> > for where to draw the line, but the consensus is to try and
> > keep the core reasonably small - a repertoire of functions
> > that most users will use reasonably often; the same kind of
> > cut-off as in XPath 1.0, but applied to a richer collection
> > of data types, and fixing things that are obvious gaps in XPath 1.0.
>
> Well it is a good idea to keep it small I'd like to see xsl become all
> pervasive even to handheld devices as well as to mainframe database
> apps.
> As long as the extension mechanism is well defined and standard across
> all xslt 2.0 implementations then things like trig functions can be
> added as needed.
>
> What are the timescales for another document from the xslt working
> group?
>
> Ciao Chris
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