Re: ISSUE-54 (html5-doctype-vs-xslt): XSLT 1.0 can not generate HTML5 documents [HTML 5 spec]

I'm not suggesting that it is pretty, but I will say that it can be done:

http://intertwingly.net/code/venus/themes/asf/index.html.xslt

- Sam Ruby

public-html-request@w3.org wrote on 06/26/2008 04:33:17 AM:

>
> ISSUE-54 (html5-doctype-vs-xslt): XSLT 1.0 can not generate HTML5
> documents [HTML 5 spec]
>
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/
>
> Raised by: Julian Reschke
> On product: HTML 5 spec
>
> Of XSLT's output modes (XML/HTML/TEXT), none can currently be used
> to produce the HTML5 doctype string, as defined in <http://www.w3.
> org/html/wg/html5/#the-doctype>.
>
> Obviously it would be good if XSLT can be used to generate valid
> HTML5 documents.
>
> Thus, either the current (required) doc type in HTML5 should be
> reconsidered, or XSLT should be updated to support an HTML5 output mode.
>
> See also <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5803>.