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> On 12 Apr 2023, at 09:08, Norm Tovey-Walsh ndw@xxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Michael Kay michaelkay90@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Why the WG felt it necessary to impose these restrictions has always >> eluded me. > > I think itbs easy to forget the relatively narrow design goal of XSL > 1.0: transform an XML document into another vocabulary styled for > presentation (HTML or XSL Formatting Objects). Basically, DSSSL with > angle brackets. > Indeed. Looking at the history of successive drafts, my feeling is that quite close to finishing, they realised that they had created a model in which node-sets and result-tree-fragments were very similar beasts, but they were worried about the potential can of worms that might be caused by an attempt at grand unification at that stage of development. Michael Kay Saxonica
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