Re: [xml-dev] Using Saxon 9 as a Schematron 1.5 back end

• From: "Anthony B. Coates (XML-Dev)" <abcoatesecure-xmldev@...>
• To: xml-dev@...
• Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:50 -0000

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:36:37 -0000, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@...> wrote:

> Validator.nu uses a patched version of oNVDL with Xalan as its  
> Schematron 1.5 back end. I switched from Saxon 6 to Xalan in order to  
> get column numbers in addition to line numbers on errors. However, I'm  
> not happy with the performance of Xalan, which is why I'm considering  
> going back to Saxon. To do that without feature loss, I need to patch  
> Saxon to support column numbers.

As many XML editors can use an XPath just as easily as line/column numbers  
to take you to a particular place in a document, I usually find it  
sufficient to return an XPath.  It's straightforwards to generate, and  
avoids that need to have line/column numbers.

Cheers, Tony.
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