Subject: Re: Netscape Support for XSL - client vs server rant From: Mitch Amiano <amiamc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 22:40:17 -0400 |
I am reminded of the design of SONET and the ISO layered network model. There may be no single "right" answer in either of these cases, but there is a coherent infrastructure and conceptual model for composing new solutions. owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > There will always be someone whose ability to render locally is exceeded by > the xml/xsl combination that might be sent down the wire to them. We > already recognize that by way of the http information sent with post and/or > get (what types of responses the client can handle). The beauty of the > xml/xsl is that somewhere earlier than that underpowered client some > middle-iron system can do a client sensitive transform to render a form that > the ultimate client can use. Consider the sales representative using a cell > phone to access client information. When he/she is using a cell phone, some > place in the middle-iron the material is transformed to meet the limitations > of the form factor of the cell phone display. When the sales representative > gets to the motel room in the evening and pulls out a laptop the rendering > can be done on edge-most client (the laptop) and the middle-iron/ware level > transform is unnecessary. Where the transform occurs has no single "best" > or "right" answer. Transformation locale is (and will probably be for some > time to come) a matter of circumstance and preference. In some respects I > am reminded that this aspect of the future use of XSLT is a lot like > sausage: if you like it, you really don't want to know how it is made. > > Frank > Dr. Frank Mabry > Dept. of EE&CS, U.S. Military Academy > West Point, NY 10996 > email: df6954@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: (914) 938-2960 > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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