From joshmccormack@yahoo.com Fri Mar 3 21:52:36 2000 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact general-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list general@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 30218 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2000 21:52:36 -0000 Received: from web117.yahoomail.com (205.180.60.91) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Mar 2000 21:52:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 14044 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Mar 2000 21:53:20 -0000 Message-ID: <20000303215320.14043.qmail@web117.yahoomail.com> Received: from [207.124.144.108] by web117.yahoomail.com; Fri, 03 Mar 2000 13:53:20 PST Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:53:20 -0800 (PST) From: Josh McCormack Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] XSLT library project To: general@xml.apache.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I think the XSL idea is a great one. How about a library of XSP, too? This might help in getting people going with it. Josh --- Donald Ball wrote: > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Arnold, Curt wrote: > > > I talked with several people at XTech about the > possibility of an > > open-source, collaborative environment to develop > useful XSLT > > transforms. Currently, there does not seem to be > such a place and the > > general reaction was fairly enthusiastic. > Basically, it would look > > like a whole bunch of little microprojects instead > of the fairly large > > existing projects and would not start with a large > donated code base > > from one vendor. > > > > Some micro-projects that I would envision are: > > > > XML Schema compilers/"preprocessors" > > XML Metadata Interchange -> Scalable Vector > Graphics > > Schema documentation stylesheets > > > > I think that Apache would be the ideal home for > this. If not, do you > > have any suggestions? > > I like this. A useful repository of XSLT > stylesheets? Not bad. Maybe we > could get some experience maintaining libraries of > these suckers too. +1. > > - donald > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com