Jens. Thank you for this information.
The stylesheet is of XSLT 1.0; so I will report to libxslt. Would it be beneficial to have a Python implementation of XSLT? Thank you, Schimon On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 19:54:58 +1000 Jens Tröger via lxml - The Python XML Toolkit <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > If you take a look at the docs ( https://lxml.de/xpathxslt.html ) it > says “lxml supports XPath 1.0, XSLT 1.0 and the EXSLT extensions > through libxml2 and libxslt in a standards compliant way.” > > The Changelog ( https://github.com/lxml/lxml/blob/master/CHANGES.txt > ) states that lxml version 6.0.0 (2025-06-26) binds against libxml2 > 2.14.4 and libxslt 1.1.43 (Windows: libxml2 2.11.9, libxslt 1.1.39). > > Both these libraries are maintained by the Gnome folks: > > - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2 > - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt > > AFAIK Saxon and its Python bindings ( > https://github.com/tennom/saxonpy ) provide later versions of both > XPath and XSLT which would explain why lxml “fails” where Saxon > succeeds. These are just different implementations of these XML > processing components. > > Cheers, > Jens > > > > On Mar 5, 2026, at 19:10, Schimon Jehudah via lxml - The Python XML > > Toolkit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Greetings. > > > > I am interested to know more of the XSLT component of the module > > LXML. > > > > Is this XSLT component an own XSLT implementation, or is it a so > > called "binding" with another software (e.g. libxslt)? > > > > I ask because, the XSLT component of Python appears to fail, whereas > > Saxon JS suceeds. > > > > So, I am interested to improve the XSLT component of LXML. > > > > Regards, > > Schimon > > _______________________________________________ > lxml - The Python XML Toolkit mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/lxml.python.org > Member address: [email protected] _______________________________________________ lxml - The Python XML Toolkit mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/lxml.python.org Member address: [email protected]
