Re: Future of EXSLT

Hi,

I realize this is eXSLT, but wasn't this going to be more about  
extensions for XPath? That is, something that can be used by both XSLT  
and XQuery.

best,
-Rob


On Dec 18, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Uche Ogbuji wrote:

> Years ago we got EXSLT to a just-barely-good-enough stage, and since
> then the project has been stagnant.  Lately the community has rightly
> clamored to keep the project moving forward.  Long-standing problems
> such as unclear license and unclear reference implementations really
> should be addressed, and of course there is a lot a lot of energy  
> about
> establishing extensions for XSLT 2.0.
>
> The original managers (Jim Fuller, Dave Pawson, Jeni Tennison and I)  
> had
> a discussion, with contribution from Florent and Dimitre, and we  
> decided
> that moving to a wiki is probably the best way to breathe life back  
> into
> the project.  We could control who has write access to avoid wiki
> vandalization issues, but at the same time we could open things up so
> that more people can contribute.
>
> I spoke to my fellow partners at Zepheira, and we're willing to host  
> the
> wiki, backed by a full-time sysadmin resource.  Eventually we can host
> the mailing list as well (they're on Fourthought servers at present)  
> but
> the Web site is the most pressing issue right now.
>
> In terms of wiki set up, the initial contributors, the migration from
> the current site, and such issues, I'll start a separate thread for  
> such
> community discussions.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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