Hello. Henry Zongaro/Toronto/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2007-07-26 06:05:40 AM: > I'd like to find out how much interest there is from others in > seeing an open source XSLT 2.0 implementation from the ASF. If > you're interested in such an implementation (as a user), please > respond and let us know which features you're most interested in. > And conversely, I would also like to hear from any users who are > satisfied with an XSLT 1.0 processor, and not much interested in > migrating to XSLT 2.0. > > Feel free to respond either on the mailing list or to me directly, > in private. I'll summarize the results of this informal polling in > a week or so.
I received eight (8) responses in which users indicated that they would like to see an open source implementation of XSLT 2.0 from the ASF. The following features were mentioned as most desirable: o Schema validation o xsl:for-each-group o xsl:analyze-string o Regular expression support o Applying path expressions to temporary trees o Expanded repertoire of string functions o Streaming capability for large documents I should note that streaming capability isn't something that's really changed from XSLT 1.0 to XSLT 2.0. One respondent indicated that they like Xalan-J's support for Java and scripting extension functions, and that having those facilities in an XSLT 2.0 implementation would make for a very desirable processor. One respondent wanted Xalan to be as feature-rich as possible, but was unsure whether their customers would require XSLT 2.0 features. That particular respondent didn't want Xalan's lack of XSLT 2.0 features to impede customers, but indicated that that hasn't happened yet. I didn't include that response among the positive responses I received. Nobody indicated that they are satisfied with XSLT 1.0. Thanks, Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------ Henry Zongaro XSLT Processors Development IBM SWS Toronto Lab T/L 969-6044; Phone +1 905 413-6044 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
