Subject: RE: [xsl] xsl:stylesheet vs xsl:transform From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:50:57 -0700 (PDT) |
Thanks Mike for the answer.. I have the same argument in mind as Alex explained. I guess we have two syntax (xsl:stylesheet and xsl:transform) for aesthetical reasons.. When we wish to use XSLT to add styling information to XML (lets say producing HTML/CSS or XSL-FO), then xsl:stylesheet seems right. While when we use XSLT to do a transformation from XML to another XML (there is no styling involved) , we may use xsl:transform .. But most of the time we use xsl:stylesheet (at least I do!) .. Regards, Mukul --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The XSLT spec says (both 1.0 and 2.0) that > > xsl:stylesheet and xsl:transform are 100% > identical. > > Everything that applies to xsl:stylesheet is > exactly > > identical to that applies to xsl:transform .. What > is > > the reason for keeping two syntaxes for the same > > purpose? Is there some technical reason for this, > or > > there is some other reason? > > I don't know the details of how this decision was > originally made, but you > can be reasonably sure that when a committee decides > to allow two different > ways of saying the same thing, it's because they > spent a long time arguing > about it and it was getting late in the day and > no-one wanted to give way > and there were other more important things on the > agenda. > > Clearly the difference reflects a difference of view > about the primary > purpose of XSLT, whether it is primarily a > transformation language or > primarily a stylesheet language. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html
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