Re: User-defined datatypes in XSLT 2.0 (Was: Re: [xsl] regexs, grouping

On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Jeni Tennison wrote:

> Right: interestingly, this is precisely the approach that I'm taking
> when incorporating datatypes created with the datatype library
> language (old version at http://www.jenitennison.com/datatypes; new
> version coming soon) into XSLT 2.0.
FWIW, on this from your page:

> the first motivation for putting together a language for datatype  
> libraries is to enable RELAX NG users to construct their own datatypes 
>  without having to resort to a procedural programming language or 
> having to  learn how to use XML Schema, which might not be suited for 
> their needs.
I'm a big fan of RELAX NG*, and so like this motivation.

Bruce

* My unofficial RNG/C versions of MODS here, BTW:

http://www.users.muohio.edu/darcusb/files/mods-3-0.rnc
http://www.users.muohio.edu/darcusb/files/mods-3-0.rng