Let's not fuss about the usefullness of such an XSLT. Porting the existing
one to 0.92 (or 0.91 for that matter) is so trivial. An untested attempt is
attached (I have no Xalan running). I basically just ripped out a lot of
stuff.
Dan, with all due respect, we are indeed making progress. A lot of people think that the roadmap I posted makes sense. If you want to make a contribution, draw...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 11:23 am
... Ooops, I wrote that too fast. I meant "if it makes sense we'll do it your way." Dave...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 11:25 am
... Nothing I've ever said here seems to have ever made sense to you... :( Dan...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 11:35 am
OK, I'll agree with that statement. What's the next step Dan? Dave ... From: "Dan Brickley" <daniel.brickley@...> To: "rss-dev"...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 11:41 am
Hi Dave, ... At last, something we can agree on ;-) What's next? Two things come to mind. Skip the first one if you like; I think the 2nd has potential...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 12:17 pm
Maybe you have the same filters for me. Pretend someone else were saying this. I'm telling you what I really think, and what my realities are. 1. I don't see...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 12:43 pm
... I'll try. ... The goal is to produce an XSLT document that _generates_ your favourite formats, so that you don't need to extend your code to consume RSS ...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 1:05 pm
... much work ... code that ... could map ... are a few ... very ... XSLT is supported in IE5. The browser does parsing. The MSXML SDK has a parser built...
Bill Kearney
wkearney99@...
May 31, 2001 1:31 pm
Now that I've had my morning cup of coffee, some enlightenment is shining. Of course, I could be shining in horrifically the wrong direction, but hey, that's...
Morbus Iff
morbus@...
May 31, 2001 1:37 pm
... I'm a developer. I use XML and Perl. I'm a sysadmin at an ISP. For all intents and purposes, I'm a "geek". I wrote AmphetaDesk [1]. I code XHTML in most of...
Morbus Iff
morbus@...
May 31, 2001 1:25 pm
OK, cool, I understand now. Thanks for taking the time to explain. I agree it's a worthwhile project. And, I also believe that people are already doing this....
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 1:32 pm
Hi Dave, ... No problem! And sorry if my earlier msgs sounded grouchy; am having a bad week and I had the feeling we were retreading old ground. Some ...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 2:21 pm
Dan, let's keep the good vibe. I'll just tell you what I think.. 0. In my writing I'm going to start incorporating the changes in the proposed roadmap to try...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 31, 2001 2:35 pm
Let's not fuss about the usefullness of such an XSLT. Porting the existing one to 0.92 (or 0.91 for that matter) is so trivial. An untested attempt is attached...
Duynstee, Teun
teun.duynstee@...
May 31, 2001 3:16 pm
... Thanks! I put a couple of namespace declarations back in and it just worked (using the online XSLT service). Experimentally installed on the W3C server...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 5:49 pm
With a bit more fiddling, a visit or two to the XSLT spec, *and* some help from friends (thanks danc, charles) I now know enough XSLT to generate the...
Dan Brickley
daniel.brickley@...
May 31, 2001 7:01 pm
... The problem I see is that instead of a roadmap, it's more of a contract. And you're the one writing the contract, and we're worried that it might have some...
Aaron Swartz
aswartz@...
May 31, 2001 3:31 pm
Well, I did the best I could. Perhaps I saw a way forward that others didn't see. I think if you guys give it a try, you'll see that having a clear name for...