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RE: XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators Version 1.0


If you want make any of these points to the people who will be making the
decisions, you should be using the www-xml-query-comments@w3.org list.

Mike Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Chris Bayes
> Sent: 05 September 2001 19:18
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: RE: [xsl] XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators
> Version 1.0
>
>
>
> > > > Well, I don't think trig functions are going to make it
> into the
> > > > core (though one never knows!);
> > >
> > > Why is that?
> >
> > I don't think the group has agreed any definitive criteria
> > for where to draw the line, but the consensus is to try and
> > keep the core reasonably small - a repertoire of functions
> > that most users will use reasonably often; the same kind of
> > cut-off as in XPath 1.0, but applied to a richer collection
> > of data types, and fixing things that are obvious gaps in XPath 1.0.
>
> Well it is a good idea to keep it small I'd like to see xsl become all
> pervasive even to handheld devices as well as to mainframe database
> apps.
> As long as the extension mechanism is well defined and standard across
> all xslt 2.0 implementations then things like trig functions can be
> added as needed.
>
> What are the timescales for another document from the xslt working
> group?
>
> Ciao Chris
>
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