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On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:27, Roger L. Costello wrote:
> Michael Kay wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Comparison (number of printed pages of the specification)
> > >
> > > xPath 1.0 xPath 2.0 increase
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > 45 254 564%
> > >
> > >
> > > XSLT 1.0 XSLT 2.0 increase
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > 128 385 301%
> > >
> >
> > And your conclusion is?
>
> Your XSLT book now stands at 938 pages. How big will it be for XSLT
> 2.0? 1500 pages? Can a technology which takes 1500 pages to describe
> truly be considered a "Web technology"?
>
> The tendency of version 2.0 of the W3 technologies is to "add more
> stuff". Version 2.0 of XSLT, xPath, and XML Schemas are all doing the
> same thing - adding more stuff. I question that that is the right
> approach.
>
> I like the approach taken in RSS 1.0 - creating modules. I like the
> idea that Rick Jelliffe has been espousing for years - no one schema
> language can do everything; allow for multiple schema languages, which
> can work together seamlessly. I like the idea of technologies designed
> to encourage cottage industries to crop up to support niche markets.
>
> What do I conclude? I conclude that the strategy for generating version
> 2.0 of many of the XML family of technologies is fundamentally flawed.
> Unless the strategy is changed the entire family of technologies will
> collapse from its own enormous weight. /Roger
>
>
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