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XSLT and XQuery Specifications - the source used to build the specs, and the errata
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[xslt4] Compact syntax #60

Closed stefan-jung closed 8 months ago

stefan-jung commented 8 months ago

It would be nice, if XSLT4 would have a non-XML (compact) syntax, similar to the RELAX NG Compact Syntax.

michaelhkay commented 8 months ago

There have been a number of attempts to do this, none of which achieved widespread adoption. Doing it well involves significant challenges. I would suggest doing a design and publishing it, perhaps at a conference such as Balisage or XML Prague, and then submitting the idea for standardisation when you have a complete proposal. Note that active specification work on XSLT 4.0 takes place at https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs and you would need to put the proposal on the table there. But don't expect the idea to be considered unless you are prepared to do most of the work yourself.

stefan-jung commented 8 months ago

Thank you, @michaelhkay.