Editing Saxon XSLT (section)

== Features ==

The Saxon versions that are available for the Java, C (including PHP and Python), and .NET platforms are built from a single codebase. The latter version is built using a [[Source-to-source compiler|transpiler]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Markup UK | url=https://www.saxonica.com/papers/markupuk-2021mhk.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918133210/https://www.saxonica.com/papers/markupuk-2021mhk.pdf | archive-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> All technology platform versions share the same capabilities, and they are made available with three different feature sets under two different licensing conditions. For each of these technology platforms, there is an open-source product, Saxon-HE, that is licensed under [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]]-2.0. It provides basic XSLT 3.0, XPath 3.1, and XQuery 3.1 functionality, as defined by the respective specifications. In addition, Saxon-HE implements certain features that the XSLT 3.0 specification declares as optional and that were previously reserved for the commercial versions, such as dynamic XPath 3.1 evaluation and higher-order functions in XSLT 3.0. The commercial versions are called Saxon-PE and Saxon-EE. A detailed and up-to-date feature matrix can be found on [https://www.saxonica.com/products/feature-matrix-11.xml the Saxonica web site].

The fourth technology platform is JavaScript. Previously the open-source XSLT processor Saxon-CE was cross-compiled from the common Java source using [[Google Web Toolkit|GWT]]. SaxonJS is a completely new implementation in JavaScript. The XSLT sources can either be compiled using Saxon-EE or using a built-in XSLT-based XSLT compiler, which creates less optimized code. On the other hand, the XSLT-based XSLT compiler allows dynamic compilation and execution of XSLT. While SaxonJS supports most of the XSLT 3.0 and XPath 3.1 features available in Saxon-HE, SaxonJS does not support XQuery. In contrast to Saxon-HE and the discontinued Saxon-CE, SaxonJS is not open source, but it can be used for free in the browser or in [[Node.js]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.saxonica.com/saxon-js/documentation2/index.html#!conditions | title=SaxonJS Documentation }}</ref>