[Xpath-ng] Thoughts on work products

[Uche Ogbuji]

> 
> > jeni at jenitennison.com (Jeni Tennison) writes:
> > The goals for XPath NG should be, I think:
> 
> One question that I think also needs to be answered is, is the idea
> to come up with something that will enable the WG members (such as
> Jeni:-) to see the error of their ways and adopt XPath NG as XPath2, and
> specifically use it in XSLT 2, or is the assumption that Xpath2 is a
> done deal and XPath NG would be an alternative, separate, selection
> language. In the latter case is there an intention to have an XSLT NG
> that hosts XPath NG?

I think an XSLT NG might be inevitable.  It might be as simple as XSLT 1.0 + 
whatever we want to add, and a statement that all expressions are XPath NG 
expressions.


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