May I propose something?
<forced-ugly-non-compliance-hack>
Make the XSLT 2.0 processor work with the new *as well as* with
all previous
namespace-uri's
</forced-ugly-non-compliance-hack>
So, it is an accomodating and forced-ugly-non-compliance feature, but
this is the best reaction I can see to this situation.
Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
On 18 Mar 2005 23:27:38 +0000, Colin Paul Adams
<colin(_at_)colina(_dot_)demon(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> wrote:
"Dimitre" == Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:
Dimitre> The admirable tricks recommended by Michael Kay for
Dimitre> finding this information in the source code of Saxon 8.x
Dimitre> clearly show how difficult the W3C groups have made it
Dimitre> for a programmer to use the reference implementations of
Dimitre> the drafts.
It's a REAL pain, this switching of namespaces on every working draft!
What is an implementor meant to do, when a new drat comes out?
I have two choices that I can see:
1) Be honest - I haven't got round to reading the latest draft
thoropughly enough yet to claim I have implemented it yet - so
stick to the old namespace - then FXSL won't work for me, as
Dimitre has had to change to accomodate saxon 8.3.
or 2), change to the latest namespace, thus giving a mis-leading
impression.
Perforce, I choose option 2.
Meanwhile, last call drafts are to come out in a few weeks, so another
change will have to come.
I think it's a daft idea myself. Sure, change the namespace when it
reaches VCR (or PR or REC - whatever), but these changes every working
draft help noone.
--
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire
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