Subject: Re: html fragments From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:26:42 -0700 (PDT) |
> I want to construct a well-formed html document using a poorly formed > html fragment at the top, a poorly formed but complementary html > fragment at the bottom, and a well-formed html fragment in the middle. > > Can I do this? XSLT is not the tool for this job. Generating output as a series of pasted-together text is something that ASP, PHP, CFML, etc are better suited for. It is disappointing that XSLT documentation, including the new tutorial at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0800/XSLT/XSLT.asp, tends not to emphasize that XSLT operates on abstract node trees rather than physical documents. The physical stylesheets and the input and output are a layer removed from what is actually going on, but one is led to believe that the stylesheet is a literal specification for the desired output, and further, that the stylesheet is intepreted directly, rather than being a well-formed representation of an abstract tree, itself. You will need to redefine your problem if you intend to use XSLT, although someone will surely suggest very inelegant workarounds involving the creation of text-oriented trees riddled with disable-output-escaping flags. -Mike XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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