Subject: [xsl] Transforming the XSL-List archive into RSS 1.0 From: Mulberry Technologies List Owner <xsl-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:28:02 -0400 |
>From: "Jimmy Cerra" <jimbolist@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Transforming the XSL-List archive into RSS 1.0 >Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:41:54 -0400 > >I subscribe to the XSL digest; however, I often find that there are a >lot of messages that I ignore. Since I use dial-up, the wasted >bandwidth contributes to a significant wait. > >Furthermore I'm relatively new to XSL, so I decided to design a >stylesheet to transform the XSL-List archives into an RSS 1.0 file of >the last 12 or so hours (no descriptions; just titles and links in >sequential order by date) that I can automate. The project would be >educational as well as useful, I figure. > >However, when I looked at the source of the list, I noticed that the >pages are served as the SGML-flavor of HTML. :-( XSL can't really work >with this because of the unbalanced tags (<li>, <br>, etcetera). >However, the pages do validate as HTML 4.01 Strict. How do I work >around the unfortunate format and convert it to sensible XML? > >If there is no way, can I request that the list change the archives to >XHTML (or offer the XML-based format as an alternative)? > >(Note that I'm using Saxon 7.6.) > >-- >Jimmy Cerra > >] "XML is just syntax, and you can therefore >] use it any way you like." - Michael Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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