RE: Is minimalism a goal?

> There are several directions for XPath APIs to take:
> - minimal, convenience-oriented (e.g. Microsoft/Oracle selectNodes)
> - complete (e.g. full context initialization, matching, etc.)
> - performant (complete + compiled queries, streaming support, etc.)


I think a minimal approach won't get the necessary support by W3C which
is critical, otherwise we'll get another note which is archived for
several years.

I'm in favor for a complete support including the full context, I don't
see any reason why this shouldn't be possible within limited time.

By the way, 

Who's visiting WWW9 or the AC meeting in Amsterdam ?
Because it's in Amsterdam I'm in the position to organize a face-to-face
parallel to the conference, this might speed things up. Any need for
that ?


Best Regards,

Jeroen

 
 ----------------------------------------
 Name:     Jeroen van Rotterdam         
 E-mail:   jeroen@tcf.nl                 
                                        
 Company:  The Connection Factory B.V.   
           Grotekerkplein 38            
           3011 GE Rotterdam             
           http://www.xhive.com         
                                        
 Voice:    +31 10 4046870               
 Fax:      +31 10 4046498                
 ----------------------------------------

Received on Sunday, 7 May 2000 07:26:43 UTC