Alternate Syntax for XSLT

David Love

November 15, 2007
2:00 pm
GCCIS Room 3000

Advisor: Dr. Axel-Tobias Schreiner
Reader: Dr. James Heliotis
Observer: Dr. Stanislaw Radziszowski

Downloads

• Independent Study Report
• MS Thesis Proposal
• MS Thesis Abstract
• XLove Version 0.9.1
  • Xl - Alternate syntax for XML-Infoset
  • Xlt - Alternate syntax for XSLT
Requires:
• Dom4J
• Oops
• Sun Multi-Schema XML Validator
• On-line Javadocs
• Class Diagram
  • xlove
  • xlove.environment
  • xlove.observers
  • xlove.visitors
• Thesis - Alternate Syntax for XSLT
  • PDF
  • Latex sources
• Announcement
  • Plaintext
• Defense Presentation Slides
  • OpenDocument
  • PowerPoint
• Final Submission CD Image
  • Alternate Syntax for XSLT (ISO)

Timeline

• February 25, 2004 - Complete
  • Complete feasibility study with Sl (original new syntax for XSLT).
• March 15, 2004 - Complete
  • Complete thesis proposal.
• April 31, 2004 - Complete
  • Write sample input programs.
  • Implement a working parser that can read the sample input programs.
  • Begin high-level design documents.
• May 31, 2004 - Complete
  • Implement basic Abstract Syntax Tree.
  • Generate appropriate trees from sample input programs.
  • Implement output generation.
  • Finish high-level design documents.
• July 31, 2004 - Complete
  • Rewrite schema definition in Xl.
  • Flush out javadoc comments.
  • Continue extending Xlt language.
  • Fix any discovered bugs (testing).
  • Verify design documents are current with implementation.
• September 04, 2004 - Complete
  • Finish implementation of system.
  • Add additional sample programs.
  • Fix any discovered bugs (testing).
  • Verify design documents are current with implementation.
  • Begin synthesizing final report.
• October 18, 2004 - Complete
  • Begin writing final report.
• November 19, 2004 - Complete
  • Finish layout of final report (all figures inserted, captions, citations, etc.).
• January 17, 2005 - Complete
  • Finish initial draft of final report.
• March 18, 2005 - Complete
  • Complete second draft of final report.
• May 11, 2005 - Complete
  • Begin researching XQuery and its relevance to Xl/t.
• July 15, 2005 - Complete
  • Begin rewriting final two sections to integrate XQuery information into the thesis.
• September 28, 2005 - Complete
  • New XQuery draft has been released. Verify information, integrate a few changes.
• October 05, 2005 - Complete
  • Post updated thesis on website (full proofread).


• Hiatus due to personal reasons.


• September 14, 2006 - Complete
  • Received corrections from advisor.


• Hiatus due to personal reasons.


• September 19, 2007 - Complete
  • Provided updated draft addressing corrections.
• October 21, 2007 - Complete
  • Researched various points regarding DSSSL to further flesh out background information.
• November 5, 2007 - Complete
  • Provided updated draft addressing relationship between XSL and DSSSL along with other updated sections.
• November 15, 2007 - Complete
  • Defense date.