Norman.Walsh.nameNorm's musings. Make of them what you will.http://norman.walsh.name/atom/whatsnew.xml2012-02-09T12:15:14.823228ZNorman WalshPlaying with transclusionhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/10/03/transclusion2011-10-04T16:12:42Z2011-10-04T16:14:26.104676ZDocBookW3CXML

In my continuing efforts to explore transclusion, some running code.

HTML+XML at XML Praguehttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/03/26/HTML-XML-Prague2011-03-26T15:24:56Z2011-03-26T15:25:20.803573ZXMLPrague2011W3CTAGHTML

Here are the slides that I presented at XML Prague 2011.

Thinking about the HTML and XMLhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/02/08/html-xml2011-02-10T14:32:02Z2011-02-10T14:33:15.50534ZTAGW3CHTMLXML

After considering a set of use cases, the HTML/XML Task Force has decided to issue a report of its findings. This is not that report. These are some notes, musings, and experimental prose.

Introducing the W3C HTML/XML Task Forcehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/12/21/html-xml2010-12-21T21:47:34Z2010-12-21T21:52:00.957587ZTAGW3CXMLHTML

At the W3C Technical Plenary in November, the creation of an HTML/XML Task Force was announced. Today, that task force took its first steps down what I hope will be a fruitful path.

ePUB, second attempthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/06/10/epubredux2010-06-10T22:02:54Z2010-10-08T18:43:51.775293ZOASISW3CXML

Playing with ePUB. Validated ePUB this time.

ePUB toolshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/06/09/epubxpl2010-06-09T10:24:09Z2010-10-08T18:43:48.293621ZW3CXMLXProc

Want to convert your favorite specification to ePUB? Here are the tools that I've been using. [Update: 10 June 2010] Much revised.

ePUB specificationshttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/06/07/epub2010-06-07T23:19:41Z2010-10-08T18:43:44.5579ZOASISW3CXML

Playing with ePUB. In this episode, ePUB versions of W3C specifications. [Update 10 June 2010] Regenerated with stricter compliance to the ePUB rules; added a few more. Plus pretty covers!

XProc is a W3C Recommendation!http://norman.walsh.name/2010/05/11/xproc2010-05-11T13:16:09Z2010-10-08T18:43:29.042312ZW3CXMLXProc

I'm delighted to say that we're finally finished. We've been finished for a while, really, but today's announcement of the Director's decision to advance XProc: An XML Pipeline Language to Recommendation status dots the final “i” and crosses the final “t”.

XProc Proposed Recommendation!http://norman.walsh.name/2010/03/10/XProcProposedRecommendation2010-03-10T11:01:16Z2010-10-08T18:42:57.210668ZW3CXMLXProc

I'm pleased to report that XProc: An XML Pipeline Language is now a W3C Proposed Recommendation.

XProc: Back to Last Callhttp://norman.walsh.name/2009/12/28/xproc-lc2009-12-28T14:20:52Z2010-10-08T18:41:40.365898ZW3CXProc

Early in January, a new XProc draft will appear. It will be a Last Call Working Draft, a step backwards in the process, or maybe just a half-step. The reason is important though: versioning.

Not exactly XProchttp://norman.walsh.name/2009/06/23/notXProc2009-06-23T22:27:55Z2010-10-08T18:40:29.706353ZCalabashW3CXProc

One advantage of being an implementor is that I can play with languages that the Working Group didn't approve.

Perhaps the penultimate XProc drafthttp://norman.walsh.name/2009/05/28/xproc2009-05-28T16:44:39Z2010-10-08T18:40:13.395409ZW3CXMLXProc

Today, the XML Processing Model Working Group published a new working draft. Not the very last working draft, but possibly very close.

126 issues: resolved!http://norman.walsh.name/2009/04/30/126issues2009-04-30T22:11:46Z2010-10-08T18:39:54.670611ZW3CXMLXProc

Today, the XProc WG reached consensus on the last of the 126 issues submitted during our Candidate Recommendation period.

Building a bigger pipelinehttp://norman.walsh.name/2009/03/26/xprocWithXProc2009-03-27T00:00:40Z2011-08-31T20:13:50.046812ZCalabashW3CXMLXProc

Constructing a “real world” XProc pipeline: building the XProc specification with XProc.

</TAG>http://norman.walsh.name/2008/12/09/endTAG2008-12-10T02:52:44Z2010-10-08T18:38:06.511444ZSelfReferenceTAGW3C

I've been an elected member of the W3C Technical Architecture Group for eight years. I've had a wonderful time and I hope that I've contributed in useful ways, but I feel like it's time to step aside, at least for a little while.

XProc Candidate Recommendation!http://norman.walsh.name/2008/11/26/XProcCandidateRecommendation2008-11-27T03:28:20Z2010-10-08T18:37:49.899861ZW3CXMLXProc

I'm pleased to report that XProc: An XML Pipeline Language is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation.

XProc and Calabash progresshttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/09/28/calabash2008-09-28T20:16:46Z2010-10-08T18:37:40.565775ZCalabashW3CXMLXProc

The second “Last Call” for XProc ended on Friday. Things are looking good for progress to Candidate Recommendation. That means we need implementations!

Announcing xproc-dev@lists.w3.orghttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/08/24/xproc-dev2008-08-24T20:48:14Z2010-10-08T18:37:24.221767ZCalabashW3CXProc

You're invited to join the xproc-dev mailing list, a public discussion forum for implementors and users of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language.

XProc goes back to Last Callhttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/08/20/xproc2008-08-20T11:17:56Z2010-10-08T18:37:20.038539ZW3CXMLXProc

I sincerely expect this to be the Last Call.

Thinking differently about XMLhttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/08/04/aboutXML2008-08-04T20:32:29Z2010-10-08T18:37:13.048402ZMarkLogicW3CXML

Having an XML server at my disposal is making me think about XML applications differently.

Agenda bookmarklethttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/05/09/bookmarklet2008-05-09T11:15:54Z2010-10-08T18:36:37.644192ZTheWebW3C

A ten minute hack to fix a ten second problem, linking to working group agendas and minutes.

New XProc Working Drafthttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/05/01/xproc2008-05-01T12:32:24Z2010-10-08T18:36:30.666893ZW3CXMLXProc

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a new Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language.

XML 2.0? No, seriously.http://norman.walsh.name/2008/02/20/xml202008-02-20T15:17:24Z2010-10-08T18:35:25.166901ZW3CXML

Maybe its madness to consider XML 2.0 seriously. The cost of deployment would be significant. Simultaneously convincing a critical mass of users to switch without turning the design process into a farce would be very difficult. And yet, the alternatives look a little like madness too.

XML at 10http://norman.walsh.name/2008/02/10/xml102008-02-10T18:51:54Z2010-10-08T18:35:21.927693ZW3CXML

Today is the tenth anniversary of the publication of Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation.

XML 1.0 (Fifth Edition)http://norman.walsh.name/2008/02/07/xml105e2008-02-07T17:23:19Z2010-10-08T18:35:15.668247ZW3CXML

The fifth edition of XML 1.0 is now a “proposed edited recommendation”. New editions do little more than incorporate errata, hardly newsworthy. This one is different.

New XProc Working Drafthttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/11/29/xproc2007-11-29T18:30:47Z2010-10-08T18:32:42.26628ZW3CXMLXProc

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a new Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language.

XProc and XPathhttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/11/15/xprocXPath2007-11-15T20:29:00Z2010-10-08T18:31:51.411105ZW3CXProc

When are two versions better than one? Maybe never, but apparently sometimes two versions are an inevitable compromise.

End of an erahttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/10/10/eoxsl2007-10-10T13:10:41Z2010-10-08T18:31:05.722551ZW3CXSLT

After almost a decade, I'm going to have to put aside my XSL Working Group Member hat.

XProc Implementations?http://norman.walsh.name/2007/10/09/xprocImplementations2007-10-09T19:41:04Z2010-10-08T18:31:01.55629ZW3CXProc

Are you implementing XProc or thinking about implementing XProc? Are you willing to say so in public? Please do tell me!

XProc Last Call!http://norman.walsh.name/2007/09/21/lastCall2007-09-21T11:43:35Z2010-10-08T18:30:24.525753ZW3CXMLXProc

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published XProc: An XML Pipeline Language as a Last Call Working Draft!