Re: JavaScript inside xmlroff? (corrected)

On Wed, Feb 11 2009 14:05:33 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> This week's mad idea, which doesn't need to be implemented this week, is
> to embed JavaScript inside xmlroff using Seed [1] so that some of the
> functionality of the FOs and properties could be implemented using
> scripts.
>
> The rationale is XSL 2.0 [2], which will introduce a lot of new FOs and
> properties and which will be in flux for quite a while.  Being able to
> implement at least some of the functionality with scripting could make
> xmlroff a useful testbed for XSL 2.0.
>
> I'm predicting that there won't be many interoperable XSL 2.0
> implementations in a few years time when XSL 2.0 needs to show them to
> get out of Candidate Recommendation stage, and a slow-but-interoperable
> version of xmlroff would help there, then parts implemented by scripts
> could be baked into xmlroff when the spec itself is cooked.
>
> Part of why it will take so long to get to XSL 2.0 is that there's few
> people currently working on it, and the W3C XSL FO subgroup is actively
> looking for more people, if you are interested.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tony.
>
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/Seed
> [2] http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/Group/2007/06/WD-xslfo20-req/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/