best XSLT processor?

[fanbanlo]

Which XSLT processor is the most reliable?

requirement:
+ must support Python 2.4
+ must run w/ Windows (and Linux)
+ not super slow

My python project needs a XSLT processor + Docbook's XSLT to translate
from docbook-xml -> HTML.

PyXML? is it reliable? Slow?
4Suite? some said it is buggy (lots of work arounds)?
Others ???

Thx!

 

[Brian Quinlan]

Which XSLT processor is the most reliable?

requirement:
+ must support Python 2.4
+ must run w/ Windows (and Linux)
+ not super slow

My python project needs a XSLT processor + Docbook's XSLT to translate
from docbook-xml -> HTML.

PyXML? is it reliable? Slow?
4Suite? some said it is buggy (lots of work arounds)?
Others ???

You could try Pyana (pyana.sourceforge.net). It's a binding to the
Apache Group's Xalan engine. I don't think that it is a flexable as
4Suite but it is probably faster and more standards compliant (it was
the last time that I checked).

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Paul Boddie]

Which XSLT processor is the most reliable?

requirement:
+ must support Python 2.4
+ must run w/ Windows (and Linux)
+ not super slow

I've had success with libxslt [1] (and libxml2 [2]) on Linux with
Python 2.3.x and earlier, and I imagine that it's portable enough to
work successfully on Windows and has already been tested with Python
2.4. Moreover, I don't think many people complain about the
performance of libxslt/libxml2. ;-)

If you find the supplied Python bindings for libxml2 either
"un-Pythonic" or insufficiently DOM-like, you might want to try lxml
[3] or libxml2dom [4].

Paul

[1] http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
[2] http://www.xmlsoft.org/
[3] http://www.xml.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/2280
[4] http://www.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=libxml2dom

 

[uche.ogbuji]

Who says 4Suite is buggy? Do they have any evidence to back that up?
We have a huge test suite, and though 4Suite is by no means the fastest
option, it's quite reliable for XSLT.

The XSLT processor in PyXML is just a very old version of 4XSLT.

--Uche

 

[uche.ogbuji]

Xalan is certainly faster, but it is almost certainly not more
compliant than 4Suite. Xalan actually has a bit of a reputation among
XSLT processors in its carelessness with compliance. But I suppoose in
order to settle these counter-claims, one of us will have to come up
with specific compliance examples. You fired the first shot. Can you
back it up?

--Uche

 

[uche.ogbuji]

This is a good way to kick off a tussle among interested parties, but
hinestly, at this point, most packages work fine. In my opinion your
rade-off right now is raw speed (e.g. libxslt) versus flexibility (e.g.
4Suite). All are bug-free enough that you'd have to be doing somethign
*very* exotic to run into trouble.

Just pick one or two and try them.

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/python-xslt

--Uche

 

[uche.ogbuji]

Actually, most of the compliant problems I can remember off-head with
respect to Xalan have been regarding EXSLT 1.0, not base XSLT 1.0.
Sorry for any misconstruction.

--Uche

 

[Steve Holden]

This is a good way to kick off a tussle among interested parties, but
hinestly, at this point, most packages work fine. In my opinion your
rade-off right now is raw speed (e.g. libxslt) versus flexibility (e.g.
4Suite). All are bug-free enough that you'd have to be doing somethign
*very* exotic to run into trouble.

Just pick one or two and try them.

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/python-xslt

Uche:

I don't know what news reader you are using, but I wonder if I could ask
you to retain just a little more context in your posts. If they were
personal emails I would probably be able to follow the thread, but in a
newsgroup it's always helpful when I see a comment such as your above if
I know what the heck you are talking about ;-).

You will notice this post starts by quoting your remarks to make it
clear exactly where I was looking for context and not finding it. My
first thought was "*What* is a good way ... ?" - remember, posts don't
always appear in the same order in everyone's readers/servers.

regards
Steve

 

[uche.ogbuji]

Steve Holden:

"I don't know what news reader you are using, but I wonder if I could
ask
you to retain just a little more context in your posts. If they were
personal emails I would probably be able to follow the thread, but in a
newsgroup it's always helpful when I see a comment such as your above
if
I know what the heck you are talking about ;-)."

I'm using Google Groups. I'd assumed it maintains quoting, but I guess
not. Looks as if I'll have to ditch it, which makes things awkward
because I don't have time to follow this NG in its entirety: I prefer
to just search weekly for "Python XML".

--Uche