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XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites

2 days ago
  • #XSLT
  • #HTML Standard
  • #Web Compatibility
  • The proposal to remove XSLT from the HTML Standard lacks acknowledgment of existing use cases beyond Chrome Status counter stats.
  • Chrome's Blink principles emphasize web compatibility, considering even small fractions of page views as significant.
  • Examples of XSLT usage include the United States Congress, National Weather Service, European Parliament, and more.
  • The author requests browser vendors to acknowledge these use cases and provide more rationale for removing XSLT.