Thanks Jeni. I am out next week, but I was planning to work on function()
and result() next unless you or someone else wants to do them. I'll take a
look to see what has happened when I get back on April 1, and continue work
then along the lines you suggest. Glad we have managed to get started on*
EXSLT!
-- Don




Jeni Tennison <jeni@[...].com>  on 03/22/2002 03:47:16 PM

Please respond to Jeni Tennison <jeni@[...].com> 

To:    donald_leslie@[...].com
cc:    exslt@[...].com, xalan-dev@[...].org,
       Lotusxsl_Team@[...].com

Subject:    Re: [exslt] Xalan-Java adds EXLST extensions

Hi Don,

>  I believe we have general agreement that Xalan should support the <a
>  href=" http://exslt.org/">EXSLT</a> initiative to provide a set of
>  standard extension functions and elements to XSLT users.
>  Accordingly, I have just added implementations for 12 EXSLT
>  functions to the Xalan-Java repository (some are calls to extension
>  functions we already have in the Xalan namespace). And I WELCOME and
>  ENCOURAGE others to start adding other EXSLT extension functions and
>  elements.

This is *fantastic* news. Thank you very much for adding these
function implementations to Xalan.

The functions in EXSLT that really need native support are
exsl:node-set() (which you've already done), date:date-time(), and the
functions in the new dynamic module (http://www.exslt.org/dyn). Other
functions can be implemented through XSLT or some other language,
provided Xalan supports func:function/func:result and/or func:script
(http://www.exslt.org/func).

I'll be having a look over the remaining functions and see if I think
I can implement any of them given my meagre Java skills over the
weekend.

Come the next release of Xalan, if you could let us know what
extensions are supported, we'll update the EXSLT site to reflect that
support then.

Thanks again,

Jeni

---
Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/








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