Re: [xml-dev] Serialization of XDM - Use cases / Proposal

["David A. Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>]

Michael Ludwig wrote:
> Michael Kay schrieb:
>> Some people have been suggesting using a subset of XQuery syntax,
>> others have been saying it would be better to use XML syntax.
>>
>> It occurs to me one might achieve both objectives at the same time by
>> using a subset of XSLT syntax.
>
> Reuse is always good. Less new stuff to learn. Honestly.
>

I like this idea too (XSLT based syntax).
Question :  This is "reuse" of a kind at the schema./documentation 
level, although it would have to be re-documented because I suspect it 
cant be 100% the same.   BUT ...  Could it also be "reuse" at the 
application level ?  Is there implementations (say saxon) where you can 
parse an XSLT document and return it as an XDM Value ?   That is,  
suppose 'execute' the XSLT and have it "output"  XDM in that 
implementations native type system.
I don't know enough about XSLT to know the answer to that.



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