DSL Engines running on XProc

Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) are a flavor of declarative programming. Over the last few years I’ve designed several DSLs and implemented the engines for them using XProc. IMHO, XProc is particularly suited for implementing this. This presentation will be a practical guide on how to design such a DSL/XProc combo. Do’s and don’ts, tips and tricks. Several code examples are presented and explained. Another way to look at it is as a short applied XProc course: how to use XProc for a real world problem. I won’t assume too much XProc knowledge from the audience and will try to explain the examples in depth.