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RE: [xsl] AltovaXML bugs? (and other engines)

2009-03-31 21:38:14
Just a thought (maybe someone's done it already)... is there some sort of Acid 
test for XSLT processors? I think there are conformance test packages available 
from W3C, but it's usually the experienced XSLT developers who know how best to 
break an XSLT engine. It'd be nice to have such a test for both XSLT 1.0 and 
XSLT 2.0, since we could know exactly how and where the different XSLT engines 
fail.

I'm guessing Michael Kay would know the best place to start here. :)

~ Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Vallone [mailto:philip(_dot_)vallone(_at_)verizon(_dot_)net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:25 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] AltovaXML bugs? (and other engines)

Hi,

I will report this to Altova tomorrow via their ticket system. They  
are continually updating xmlspy, but I have not seen a running list. I  
would be interested in seeing dif list also. xmlspy is a great editor  
and has a decent xslt processor. Saxon, by far is the best. It's fast  
and reliable. Saxonica (Michael Kay) is very good at providing the  
very best xslt 2.0 processor.

Phil




On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Scott Trenda wrote:

In response to this... we're using AltovaXML at my work, since its  
license is very business-friendly and it doesn't require a managed- 
code base (Java or .NET) to run. However, I've noticed that when  
compared to Saxon, it gives different output in some places, and for  
the few times I've looked into it, the error is within AltovaXML.  
(Not to mention it's slow compared to Saxon.)

Is there a list somewhere of known issues within AltovaXML's XSLT  
2.0 engine? Although we're not using it very often at my work, it'd  
be nice to know what pitfalls to avoid.

And while I'm asking, does anyone know of a similar list for  
Transformiix (Firefox's XSLT engine) and Opera's XSLT engine? I know  
I've asked for a standalone of Opera's engine before, but this time  
I'd just like to know what these two don't support. I know  
Transformiix doesn't recognize the namespace:: axis, but that's  
about it.

~ Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Vallone [mailto:philip(_dot_)vallone(_at_)verizon(_dot_)net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:03 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Counting with xsl:key

Thanks... works perfect. Actually xmlSPY throws an error if the select
statement is in the <xsl:number>

<xsl:number level="any" count="figure[not(@inline='true')]"
select="key('fig-key', @href)" />

Saxon runs it as expected... Saxon rocks

Thanks again,

Phil



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