Re: XSL Question

[Paul Grosso <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:09 1998 01 20 -0500, Jeremie Miller wrote:
>I've just started writing a simple JavaScript based XSL
>arser( http://www.jeremie.com/xparse/xsl/ ), and only have one question so
>far.  It seems like it would be so much easier to read, write, process, and
>understand basic XSL rules if there was a clear definition between the
>pattern and the action, like:
>
><rule>
>    <pattern>
>        <target-element type="special"/>
>    </pattern>
>    <action>
>        <DIV font-weight="bold">
>            <children/>
>        </DIV>
>    </action>
></rule>

We omitted these "wrapper" tags because some of us were concerned about
keeping the size of things to a minimum.  Others of us, in fact, would
prefer to add the wrappers as you suggest (I am in this latter camp myself).
This issue is on the open issues list.

Thanks for your input.

paul


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