RE: Scheme Programming Reference

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

Peter said:
I totally agree. The sections on scheme, the transformation and
style language as well as the concept flow object are quite clear
and nice to read. But section 9.6 on the property set of DSSSL is
horrible. I find this section very very hard to read. This is
surprising since this particular section is on what a grove is and
how it is organised into classes, elements, nodes, etc. In my opinion
this section is the most important section of DSSSL, for all remaining
sections build on the concept of a grove.

Speaking for myself, I find DSSSL is very rich and not too difficult.
Both the Scheme part and Flow Object part are rather easy to learn.
The part of DSSSL which took a very long time to get a hold on, is the
part on groves and the property set.

Didier says:
Is a text on groves and property set be something to include in the OpenJade
home page? Paul Prescod wrote something on this. I could include it on the
page.

ref: http://www.prescod.net/groves/shorttut/

Groves are part of my knowledge specialty, I worked in a research center
several years on stuff based on the whole-part paradigm, so grovse are for
me known territories (and how they relate to other whole-part structures
like for instance directory services). If I write a text on groves, would
this be useful? What kind of information do you expect to get. Or said
differently, what do you want to know about groves?

regards
Didier PH Martin
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