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Re: [MISC] How was the XSLT 2.0 norm written (tools,

Subject: Re: [MISC] How was the XSLT 2.0 norm written (tools, format)
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:01:45 +0000
Re:  [MISC] How was the XSLT 2.0 norm written (tools
On 22/01/2010 23:30, Michael Kay wrote:
  I don't think it should
be necessary: someone added it because it was easier than fixing the source
XML and/or the stylesheets whenever the combination was found to generate
invalid HTML (which generally arises through problems of nesting paragraphs
within lists within paragraphs, etc.)


hmph the mathml version of the xmlspec stylesheets have always used grouping techniques to group the children of p elements and lift any block level children out of the p, I posted the diffs at the time(s)
but I don't think they were picked up. looking at the changes there is an intersting history of grouping techniques. Originally (back in 1998/9) it used some form of sibling recursion, then I switched it to Muenchian grouping, and the current version uses for-each-group:-)


To answer the original question

Most working groups have modified version of the xmlspec dtd and stylesheets but the original guide is

http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/06/xmlspec-report-v21.htm

David

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