- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:00:01 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
At 2:32 PM 1/14/97, Len Bullard wrote: >> DSSSL is the only processing standard that this group is comitted to >> produce. I stringly believe that we need to address CSS, and a way to pass >> markup structures to Java applets via some kind of CSS and DSSSL bindings. >> But that is not an argument for the moment, I think. > >Ok. I am not sure many people understood the implication of a >commitment by the group to DSSSL bindings to Java applets. > >1. Getting DSSSL support will be as hard or harder to get >than HyTime support. I tend to agree, and that's why I hope for CSS support as well... I actually hate CSS, but the momentum should probably be redirected, rather than ignored. >2. Java is a very slow object system. Active X controls are more >efficient if >less secure. Active-X is a vendor-dependent, platform-dependent closed system. I certainly hope it will die. I also think (and hope) that architecture-dependent software interfaces are doomed to slow death. One another front, I will only use an "operating system" from MS when hell freezes over. So I'm perhaps a bit biased, since I expect Active-X to do nothing for me. But the vendor-neutrality issue is a better reason than personal onus (and sufficient, too). >Every other day, I get a phone call from someone who states >that in their informed opinion, the only thing SGML or XML >are good for are print applications. So, when we use a term >like stylesheet, we are predisposing some to accept that argument. >That is why I mention it. Maybe we should use a new term like "processing specification"? If we are generalizing the term stylesheet to the point that people at large will not understand the concept, we should find a new term. -- David I am not a number. I am an undefined character. _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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