Re: [xml] support for xml schema in libxml2

["Buchcik, Kasimier" <k buchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xml-bounces gnome org [mailto:xml-bounces gnome org] On 
> Behalf Of Frans Englich

> On Monday 03 July 2006 18:47, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 11:42 +0200, Buchcik, Kasimier wrote:
> > > I think we intend to implement the missing areas. PSVI is 
> a different
> > > story, which we need to consider well when implementing XPath 2.0
> > > and XSLT 2.0 in the future, since PSVI will have to be a 
> part of those
> > > new technologies, and we don't mant to make API-related 
> mistakes, before
> > > we see the whole picture; and that should be when XSLT 
> 2.0 & Co. become
> > > a W3C recommendation.
> >
> > The best time to look at XPath 2 and XSLT 2 is now: they 
> are Canadiate
> > Recommendations, and if there are things that can't be 
> implemented, we
> > want to know *before* they are final Recommendations.
> >
> > Of course, we already have quite a few implementations of XPath 2 in
> > XQuery implementations, and the interoperability story 
> there is pretty
> > good, it turns out, but even so I strongly encourage you 
> not to wait.
>
> FWIW, I think the same.
>
> I have/is implementing XQuery 1.0/XPath 2.0 and the specs are 
> very stable, 
> especially the latest drafts. Close to all changes done and the ones 
> currently queued are editorial issues.
>
> I have actually found it an advantage to implement while the 
> specs have been 
> maturing, because the changes haven't been large enough to be 
> a burden to 
> align with, and it have given the opportunity to report & fix 
> bugs in the 
> specs which one discovers first when implementing.
>
> It wouldn't surprise if it would be a long wait for the Rec 
> "stamp", since the 
> W3C machinery can drag things out in this area.
>
> (My personal views.)

Damn, I knew somehow that writing about XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 would
lead to trouble :-) I think an implementation was not yet planned,
plus I don't know if we'll have enough human recources. I would love
to help here; since I'm already trying to refactor Libxslt, which
should also be helpfull for a later XSLT 2.0 implementation, I volunteer
for that side (Bill, what about you?).
It would also be nice to have some people outside of the core-team
involved; I always wondered why there isn't much more input from
other people - are we so scary? I don't know if Daniel has enough
time to plan that beast; if there would be more helping hands we
could take over more burden from him.

Regards,

Kasimier