I thought this was rather interesting. There is an article on XML.COM entitled "Government and Finance Industry Urge Caution on XML" (http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/04/24/gaonacha.html). Lest we start thinking of XSL as a second-best W3C Recommendation that is viewed slightly askance by many in the XML community (which I think it is :-)), consider the fact that the US government, in the report cited in the article, clearly mentions XSL 1.0 in its discussion of core XML standards (pages 18 & 34 in the PDF document).
I think this is encouraging. Probably for all developers _and_ users. A lot of the other XML technologies out there are getting the limelight, but when it comes right down to it XSL-FO is a solid spec for a solid requirement - producing good-looking paper from XML. Let the other people have fun with Web Services and RDF and schemas - I am perfectly happy with a relatively stable spec that _definitely_ has a strong business case. :-) If you read the report, incidentally, the GAO is not urging caution with respect to XML, per se - it has to do with how the technology is being adopted. Regards, AHS ______________________________ Arved Sandstrom Sr Software Developer Platform Products Group Halifax R&D Office Hummingbird Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
