Re: implement XPath 2.0 function for xalan

Yeah,

I've been lurking for two years behind the scenes on the question of 
XPATH/XSLT 2.0 in xalan. Still no one with cycles to get the ball 
rolling! But perhaps on the XPATH 2.0 question alone looking at xalan 
and PsychoPath 
(http://wiki.eclipse.org/PsychoPathXPathProcessor/UserManual)  might be 
a place to start (check the archives)? Some "fail on schema use 
detected" implementation might not be that difficult? Or is the 
"sequence" question going to make it impossible? Not that I'm volunteering!

Doug McNeil

On 3/12/2010 4:32 PM, Tatu Saloranta wrote:
> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, [email protected]<[email protected]>  wrote:
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>> I'd love to see Xalan tackle it -- but
>> Xalan lost its most active contributors a few years ago due
>> to time demands
>> from Real Jobs, and development slowed down as a result.
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>> So... I'd say that if you like the idea,
>> you should start drafting versions of this and submit them to Xalan as
>> proposed changes when you've got a large enough bundle
>> to be an interesting
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> Wasn't there someone who quite recently wanted to fork off Xalan, to work on XSLT 2.0? It might be good to check out archives, perhaps group of like-minded pioneers could see if "Xalan next-gen" could become reality...
> (this just an outsider observation: I have not worked on Xalan codebase at all, but can appreciate sizable effort that would entail...)
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> But I would also suggest that "just start coding" is not a bad approach. With git-based projects, for example, that's sort of standard approach.
> Trying to convince others of value is easier when there is some action to back it up, beyond just hope&  plans.
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> Just my 2c,
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