Re: [xsl] Anybody know when "transform" became the term for the type ofthing XSLT does?

[Emmanouil Batsis <Emmanouil.Batsis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Welch wrote:

> > Andrew Welch wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > I bet everyone still uses <xsl:stylesheet> over <xsl:transform> (I 
> > > know I do...even though it makes far more sense to use the latter!)
> > >      
> > You could use <xsl:transform> for a data-centric stylesheet(?) and 
> > <xsl:stylesheet> for a stylesheet that creates an XSL-FO document or 
> > something similar.
> >
> > This would indicate what kind of stylesheet it is; but it may confuse 
> > many people, that don't know the alias <xsl:transform>.
> >    
>
> I think 'stylesheet' is the wrong term all round really.

+1. I also use xsl:transform as the roor element and get angry at 
various IDEs that generate xsl:stylsheet for me when i create a new 
document.

> A question: when referring to an XSLT file, is there any other term to
> use than 'stylesheet' that's more accurate? 
>  

We use the term "transform" around here when refering to XSLT documents, 
as in 'he is working on a transform for xxx'.

Manos