Re: Upgrade from XSLT1

For upgrading to XSLT 2.0, see this:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9387396/upgrading-xslt-1-0-to-xslt-2-0

As for upgrading to XSLT 3.0, I would recommend making some
experiments in controlled environment before trying this on a larger
scale in production -- also have in mind that the specification may
change and that the available implementations too. Not to speak that
any current XSLT 3.0 implementation could be not too-stable and
reliable yet.


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Vasudev Kandhadai
vasu.kandhadai@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Dear All,
> After a lot of convincing , the architectural team finally agreed to approve
> Saxon9.5.  There is a bit of a relief, but I am having to make a decision on
> whether we upgrade from XSLT1.0 to XSLT3.0 directly? The code base is not
> very big and we are OK to rewrite to adapt to better coding practices that
> come with XSLT2 and 3.
>
> I am assuming that the coding paradigm is slightly different in XSLT3.. The
> approach on how to write templates, the restrictive xpaths etc , could be
> backwards incompatible etc..
>
> I need advice on this/ Is it true that the coding approach is different
> using the XSLT3 ?  I am fairly confident that the XSLT2 is a good point to
> start. The only reason XSLT3 was even in the discussion was because of the
> HUGE xml files. Currently we run a Sax Java splitter over the big XMLs and
> run XSLT1 files over the smaller chunks. This works well. My options with
> XSLT2 would be to change the XSLT1 to XSLT2 and keep remaining things same..
>
> With XSLT3, we may consider removing the SAX splitters, as it may no longer
> be used. XSLT3 will probably take care of the memory issues with HUge XML
> files.
>
> Putting all my thoughts in,, Hopefully will get some clarity with the expert
> advices from you all..
>
> Kandha
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