Editing XSL (section)

== History ==

XSL began as an attempt to bring the functionality of [[Document Style Semantics and Specification Language|DSSSL]], particularly in the area of print and high-end [[typesetting]], to XML.

In response to a submission from Arbortext, Inso, and Microsoft,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlprMicro.html|title=	Microsoft, ArborText and Inso Submit XSL Proposal to W3C |date=Sep 11, 1997}}</ref> a W3C [[working group]] on ''XSL'' started operating in December 1997, with [[Sharon Adler]] and [[Steve Zilles]] as co-chairs, with [[James Clark (XML expert)|James Clark]] acting as editor (and unofficially as chief designer), and [[Chris Lilley (W3C)|Chris Lilley]] as the W3C staff contact. The group released a first public Working Draft on 18 August 1998. XSLT and XPath became W3C Recommendations on 16 November 1999 and XSL-FO reached Recommendation status on 15 October 2001.<ref name="timelinehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.dblab.ntua.gr/~bikakis/XML%20and%20Semantic%20Web%20W3C%20Standards%20Timeline-History.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312175040/http://www.dblab.ntua.gr/~bikakis/XML%20and%20Semantic%20Web%20W3C%20Standards%20Timeline-History.pdf|archive-date=2012-03-12|archive-format=PDF|title=XML and Semantic Web W3C Standards Timeline|date=2012|access-date=2021-04-08}}</ref>