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Re: Re: namespace values


At 02:27 AM 3/13/01 -0800, Dimitre wrote:
>Anybody has the right to invent a totally new language for processing
>XML documents. The danger is not to really start thinking this is standard
>XSLT and mixing the two together.

This is why names (and namespaces) are so important -- clarity at this 
higher level is a key problem for keeping the technologies usable and 
maintainable. But that is only to say that "EXSLT better not call itself 
XSLT, or XSL as a whole will suffer" -- something we know very well (having 
been badly burned by a popular implementation of the December 1998 draft 
that was unclear in exactly these respects). The proponents and developers 
of EXSLT have shown every indication of being sensitive to this issue.

>Nobody can force an implementor to implement/incorporate a set of extensions.
>EXSLT does not have the normative force of a W3C Recommendation.

But then, neither does a W3C Recommendation have the normative force of a 
W3C Recommendation ... it's all rhetoric, some lies, some truth, some fiat, 
some wishful thinking, some constructive design. Ultimately, implementers 
decide.

While like Mike, I haven't felt moved to follow the details, I don't see 
any positive contribution in throwing cold water on EXSLT. Let's see what 
they come up with.

Cheers,
Wendell

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