On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Thomas Delnoij wrote: > Hi Shawn. > > I am using the utility taglib of the jakarta project. Isn't it part of > JSTL? > > If I understand you right, JSTL is "your" project? Where can I find > the online documentation?
No, this seems to be a widely held misunderstanding. Jakarta Taglibs is *not* the same thing as JSTL. JSTL is a standard from the Java Community Process, like JSP and the Servlet API. Jakarta offers an implementation of JSTL, just as Tomcat is an implementation of JSP. That implementation comes in the form of the "Standard Taglib" offered through Jakarta Taglibs. The other offerings from Jakarta Taglibs are *not* representative of any standards; they are custom open-source offerings from Apache. As the Jakarta Taglibs web site says: Jakarta Taglibs also hosts the development tree of the reference implementation (RI) for the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL). This implementation is done under project "standard." Currently, no other tag libraries in Jakarta Taglibs represent Java Community Process (JCP) standards. You can download our implementation of JSTL at http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/standard-doc/intro.html The specification for JSTL, which acts as authoritative documentation for all of its features, is available through http://java.sun.com/products/jstl There are also several books about JSTL available. -- Shawn Bayern "JSTL in Action" http://www.jstlbook.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
