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Here's my $0.02. I've been a heavy user and believer in OmniMark for years now,
and will continue to be, since XSL has chosen to limit itself to dealing
strictly with XML on both the input and output side.

However, I do have a keen interest in using XSL for XML to XML transformations,
even though I am more comfortable with OmniMark. The primary reason from my
point of view is simple, I don't want to keep my core transformation logic in a
proprietary language if there is a standard that I can use instead. Personally,
I think OmniMark should incorporate an XSL transformation module into their
language to attract a larger user base and position themselves as a standards
supporter vs a proprietary solution, but this is unlikely to happen unless it
is developed by a third party as an external function library.

In the mean time, there is plenty of room for both technologies. XSL isn't
going to be able to transform RTF (yuck) to XML any time soon, and OmniMark
isn't going to run in anybody's web browser, even with an <xsl:script> tag.

Rick Geimer
National Semiconductor
rick.geimer@xxxxxxx

"John E. Simpson" wrote:

> At 10:04 AM 05/13/1999 +1000, James Robertson wrote:
> >Seriously, though, I do think that XSL needs to
> >prove itself against systems such as Omnimark.
> >
> >Particularly since Omnimark LE is free, and can
> >probably do 95-100% of everything that has been
> >written in XSL so far.
>
> Sure. Just as long as you recognize that 95% of XML users may be 100%
> disinclined to acquire and learn a new language. This is a specious
> argument -- by the same token, I can do everything that OmniMark does with
> Fortran (please don't ask me to, though :).
>
> >And XSL will never match the full functionality
> >of Omnimark.
>
> You may be right, although I wouldn't lay money on it. ("Never" is a
> dangerous word to use in prognosticating technology.) If you know OmniMark,
> you're all set. This may remain true even if you opt never to learn, let
> alone use, XSL. XSL doesn't have to "prove itself" against OmniMark, DSSSL,
> or anything else -- except for people/organizations who don't already have
> an investment in them.
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