Re: Apache Members Question: Xalan doing XSLT 2.0?

[kingargyle <d_...@yahoo.com>]

Brian, you state a critical mass is needed.   Question i would have, what is
the Apache policy on an outside project like eclipse XSL Tools in pickup up
and using the source code for the XSLT 2.0 implementation as a basis for a
derived version of XSLT 2.0?

There is definitely a need and interest in the open source world to have a
XSLT 2.0 processor that is under terms and IP that is clean and friendly to
corporate adopters as well as open source programs.   Saxon is close, but as
Apache and Eclipse Foundation have demmed has some possible pedigree issues
that makes it unusable in their terms for Apache or Eclipse Foundation
projects.

I'm a committer on the XSL Tools project at eclipse and would really like a
way that I can support XSLT 2.0 debugging out of the box, with out a user
having to install a third party component.   Plus it would give us another
processor in which we can test our framework.

Is there any official plan to ever revive the XSLT 2.0 code as an official
project, if not what is the status and apache's stance on that code, since
it was never officially released?

Dave


Brian Minchau wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Gary.
> 
> You were inquiring about an Apache version of XSLT/XPath 2.0
> 
> I'm a member of the Apache Xalan PMC, in fact I'm the Chairperson.
> 
> In this note I'm not speaking on behalf of the PMC. The PMC discusses
> non-confidential business on the xalan-dev mailing list. I can tell you
> that nothing has been discussed in private by the PMC outside of that
> mailing list for quite some time (years).
> 
> If the PMC had put in place any plans for producing an XSLT/XPath 2.0
> implementation, it would have been discussed on the xalan-dev mailing
> list,
> and it hasn't been discussed on this list.
> 
> I personally would very much like to see an open source XSLT 2.0
> implementation developed by Apache.  However, I don't think a "critical
> mass" of contributors who are able to commit the time necessary to produce
> such an implementation has stepped forward yet.  (I myself am unable to
> commit the time right now.)  Until we achieve that critical mass, we won't
> see an XSLT 2.0 implementation in this space.
> 
> 
> - Brian
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> Brian Minchau
> e-mail:        minchau@apache.org
> 
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