Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world
Michael Kay <[email protected]>
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Lots of people have invented non-XML syntaxes for XSLT; they have all died a quiet death without achieving any signfiicant adoption. I think there are a number of reasons: (a) the use of XML syntax is off-putting to beginners but no problem at all to experienced users (b) using a preprocessor makes development a lot more complicated - diagnostics are less helpful, and helpful diagnostics are much more important to developers than pretty syntax. Michael Kay Saxonica > On 30 May 2022, at 08:45, Marcus Reichardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Begging (raising) the question why XSLT does have to be in XML syntax, > and why nobody has bothered to invent an alternative non-XML syntax. > AFAICS, the only rationale of XSLT being XML itself can be that XML > literals can be used with ease. _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: [email protected] subscribe: [email protected] List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php