Thank you all for your response.
On 5/11/06, Wendell Piez <wapiez(_at_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,
At 12:16 PM 5/11/2006, you wrote:
>Thank you for your response. I was reading that XSLT2.0 is still not
>stable. What are your comments on this? We are trying to make a
>decision as to whether it is worth moving to xslt 2.0 Vs. xslt 1.0 and
>their advantages and disadvantages.
I can offer a different perspective on this. Not being either a
vendor or a language designer, both of whom have stakes in the
answer, I can speak as a disinterested observer, though a very interested one.
Whether 2.0 is "stable" depends on how you define the term. By one
definition, XSLT 2.0 is quite stable, while by another it's not
stable at all and won't be until the day it suddenly is.
Nevertheless, many operations are in a position where we can afford
to bet on its success. XSLT 2.0 will really be nailed down once we
see more takeup by developers and vendors, but we are also in a
position where their customers (we) can perhaps start encouraging
that development more fervently, not least by using the language.
Some vendors who picked up XSL 1.0 want to repeat that experience,
while others don't. This is natural. Our task, assuming we want 2.0
to flourish, is to encourage all vendors, major and minor, along with
all freelance developers, to consider implementing 2.0 and to make
their decision whether to do so on the merits, not on what has
happened in the past (both good and not).
It is hardly likely that anyone will repeat the experience of 1.0,
but this doesn't mean XSLT 2.0 has no future. If you're in a position
where you can start using it, by all means feel free to do so (it is
"stable" enough for that), at least on projects where the
consequences are low if the technology never moves much beyond its
current state (supported by Saxon), or if it changes radically
between now and when it is finalized (which is unlikely, but strange
things happen). That puts you in a much better position to assess not
only when it will be "stable" (however you define that), but also how
meaningful to you are its benefits.
The more there are of us out here who are able to support investment
in XSLT 2.0, the more likely it is to become fully stable, and the
easier it will be to generate the necessary support to make it so.
Regards,
Wendell
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