Subject: Re: In which sequence should specs be read?
From: Marian Olteanu <mou_softwin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:13:58 -0800 (PST)
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> In my opinion, there is no such sequence, in practise.
> I've been implementing xslt 2.0 now for a year, and still, I am
> continually cross-checking between the various specs.
>
> However, if you have the ability to read and totally absorb a
> specification at one reading then you might try a sequence like:
>
> 1) XML
> 2) XML Names
> 3) XML Schema
> 4) XPath Data Model
> 5) XPath
> 6) XPath/XQuery functions and operators
> 5) XSLT
> 6) XSLT/XQuery serialization
I don't implement XSLT 2.0 (I'm sticked to 1.0) so I'll express my oppinion about this list for
XSLT 1.0
1) XML
- a must. But for the start, a tutorial might be enough.
2) XML Names
- a must. But still, for the start, a tutorial might be enough.
3) XML Schema
- not a must. May be totally skipped in the beginning.
4) XPath Data Model
- of course, a must
5) XPath
- a must
6) XPath/XQuery functions and operators
- XQuery... who needs XQuery when is implementing XSLT?
5) XSLT
- also a must
6) XSLT/XQuery serialization
- this has nothing to do with XPath 1.0/XSLT 1.0. In fact, parts of it are included in XSLT 1.0
spec
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Marian
http://www.utdallas.edu/~mgo031000/
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