[x3d-public] Plans for proceeding with C/C++/C# specification and implementation; XSLT and Saxon

Wed Jan 26 11:13:42 PST 2022

John, as inspection of our open-source codebases quickly reveals, we have remained fully compatible with Saxon "home edition" free editions.  Last fall we successfully upgraded to Saxon 10 without mishap.  A copy of the most recent jar is maintained in our version control so that any transitions or upgrades are careful and deliberate.  XSLT itself is a W3C standard.  There are no non-standard extensions in any of our Web3D stylesheets.

The Saxon project page on Sourceforge describes the various versions available.

  *   http://saxon.sourceforge.net

No doubt other tools exist as well.  My personal approach uses Saxon/java/Netbeans as primary and XMLSpy (educational license) as second-check confirmation.  You will not find any other assets in our open-source X3D tools and content that require proprietary license support.

all the best, Don
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From: John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 5:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [x3d-public] Plans for proceeding with C/C++/C# specification and implementation

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I tried StyleVision from Altova, but that requires XMLSpy.  Pretty much B-DOA.

John

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 7:41 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com<mailto:yottzumm at gmail.com>> wrote:
I guess the option for a cheap interactive debugger for XSLT (< $150 or free) is not there yet?  I might even go with a subscription model. I wonder if someone can find a page listing a subscription model for:  XSLT Debugger | Altova<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altova.com%2Fxmlspy-xml-editor%2Fxslt-debugger&data=04%7C01%7Cbrutzman%40nps.edu%7Cb33d2f4ad7464e06428b08d9e06f01dd%7C6d936231a51740ea9199f7578963378e%7C0%7C0%7C637787589657443010%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2FXhwNnNW%2BOhzpun7FYKPlInqCVqKFojE7iD6LqBFqE4%3D&reserved=0>?  Lost it.  Thanks!

I got this message running X3dToJson.xslt in NetBeans 12.6:

Starting file:/C:/Users/john/X3DJSONLD/src/main/data/abox.x3d by file:/C:/Users/john/X3DJSONLD/src/main/lib/stylesheets/X3dToJson.xslt transformation...
Error checking type of the expression 'funcall(lower-case, [step("attribute", 17)])'.
Transformation finished.

I don't think I've had issues with the Saxon jar, but let me check.  Looks fine.  Is there some way to override the NetBeans XSLT implementation with Saxon jar?

This is not what I wanted to do, go on a fishing trip. I know XMLSpy is basically way ahead, probably has been for over 15 years.  I'll look for XMLSpy subscription cost?

Please, a personal recommendation that works with X3D, not a fishing trip.  I understand that the Resources page shows X3D-Edit.  But that's uses NetBeans XSLT, or?

John
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