RE: [xml-dev] What does SOAP really add?

> For example, I've seen one XSLT processors that could not correctly
> process a document that used XIncludes because it resolved XIncludes
> before applying the stylesheet, even though there was nothing in the
> XSLT specification that said it should do that. XSLT offers an
> unambiguous description of how to transform one document into another
> under the control of a stylesheet.

But there's nothing to stop a vendor marketing a product that does XML
parsing, XInclude processing, and XML transformation in that order if they
think that's what the market wants. Each of these three processes is defined
by a separate W3C specification and the specs are designed to be modular so
you can put them together any way you like. Where "you" is the user, unless
you have chosen a vendor who made the decisions on your behalf. If you don't
like it, don't buy the product.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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