[XML-SIG] Re: [4suite] Article about XSLT 1.1 and <xsl:script>

[Uche Ogbuji]

Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> >
> > Actually, I've gone beyond that.  With Clark Evans and other concerned
> > parties, I've set up a petition against the xsl:script nonsense and
> > language bindings.  Please see
> >
> > http://uche.ogbuji.net:8000/etc/no-xsl-script.xhtml
> 
> The text of the petition says:
> 
> "7. With [...] recent changes to the DOM specification, it appears that
> the W3C strongly favors Java and Javascript over other equally qualified
> languages."
> 
> Could you please detail this? I'm interested in learning how the DOM can
> be language biased.

Ah.  I'm on the spot.  Note that the petition is the synthesis of the
entire "gang of eight" that put it together.

But I think the DOM clause is a mistake which I missed on earlier
editing.  It probably referes to the inclusion of the Java and ECMA
bindings in level 2, which isn't all that recent, and is not, I think as
bad an instance of language bias as the XSLT 1.1 language binding
section.


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