Re: What do we standardize?

On Jan 10, 2006, at 22:56, Norman Walsh wrote:
> | - a framework for writing additional components that are  
> interoperable
> |   with other suppliers' pipeline engines and components;
>
> I'm not sure I want to go there. When the XSLT WG proposed a standard
> API for extension functions, the community pushed back.

FWIW I know several folks who pushed back on that idea back then and  
thoroughly regret it today. I certainly am one. It might be worth  
floating the idea around to see if folks' perceptions haven't changed.


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