Subject: Re: [xsl] Is there an XSLT/XPath processor good enough to use in life-critical applications? From: "Steven D. Majewski steve.majewski@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:07:39 -0000 |
And since webve been reminiscing about 80-column card decks, this note makes be recall: bThis page is intentionally left blank.b b Steve M. > On Nov 15, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Or the publishing of aircraft flight manuals--the 737 Max debacle shows the importance of documentation in preventing accidents--in the Boeing case the needed documentation was intentionally omitted but it could just have easily been omitted as the result of a publishing error that wasn't caught during the Q/A process. Even something as simple as in incorrectly fetched value in a data table could have dire consequences. > > In my very early days as a writer at IBM I accidently omitted scores of messages from the messages manual I produced due to a typo in a conditional inclusion statement. Nobody in the review chain noticed until the paper manuals came back from the printers. > > Fortunately the device being documented was highly reliable and we later determined that basically nobody ever looked at the messages manual, because the device never failed. But it could have been very serious now that I think about it. > > Later I worked on the EMOD aircraft manual authoring and publishing system for McDonell Douglas (later Boeing) and it became clear very early just how serious that information was. Certainly everyone on the project took the safety implications very seriously. > > Cheers, > > E. > > -- > Eliot Kimber > http://contrext.com <http://contrext.com/> > > > o;?On 11/15/19, 3:22 PM, "Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > Are you using XSLT/XPath in a life-critical application such as controlling a nuclear power plant or controlling an aircraft flight system? > > > > > > > > Another observation on this: those are the classic examples of safety-critical systems that everyone uses. But boring administrative systems, like one that sends letters to patients telling them when their next cervical smear test is due, are also safety-critical. Probably more deaths are caused by failures in that kind of system than by failures in systems where the consequences of failure are more immediate. > > WHO report 2016: "A study of reported errors from five family practices in a high-income > country found that most reports contained administrative errors and more than > three-quarters had the potential of serious harm". > > So let's change the question: Are you using XSLT/XPath in a life-critical application such as sending appointment letters to hospital patients? > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > > > > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list>>EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/1278982 <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/1278982>> > (by email <>)
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