Subject: RE: Leventhal's challenge misses the point From: Miles Sabin <msabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:18:20 +0100 |
Linda van den Brink wrote, > I must protest to both of your interpretations to what > I said. <snip/> Fine ... > Let me elaborate a bit. Why is it so important that > everyone (every Web user?) can use XSL? Should every > web designer be able to: > - Write a consistent web of documents > - design an attractive look for these documents when > displayed online > - design the proper navigation means so that any > reader can travel through the web and find and > access the information they need > - maintain the documents in XML source > - create the necessary images in a drawing application > - create the means to generate the web of documents as > designed, complete with layout and navigational > features (for example, an XSL stylesheet) > > I think it would be hard to come by such > (Renaissansistic) people. I think you'll find that many people in the traditional print media *do* have all (or most) of the equivalent skills. If electronic publishing makes it harder for those people to do their job then ... so much the worse for electronic publishing. > What's wrong with having a team of people who > complement each other if you want to do professional > electronic publishing, to the Web or otherwise? Nothing whatsoever ... that's *precisely* what I want. But it's my contention that XSL is not as much help as it's thought to be. Cheers, Miles -- Miles Sabin Cromwell Media Internet Systems Architect 5/6 Glenthorne Mews +44 (0)181 410 2230 London, W6 0LJ msabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx England XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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