Subject: RE: [xsl] Apply-templates - how to omit top level element tags? From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:34:41 -0400 |
To understand http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath requires you to understand the terms in the way they are used, which for a newbie, requires chicken-or-egg logic. Examples help the newbie learn the context in which the terms are applies so that they can they learn the subject which the terms are used to describe.
Just an observation, but I think one reason XSLT has not taken off more than it has is because it is so difficult to learn, and my intuition tells me that is shouldn't have to be that difficult but the terms used to describe things and the required mental model are not easy to pick up, so many people don't.
For example, my editorial team for http://www.howtoselectguides.com/ is pushing me to drop the use of XML publishing and move to publishing in Word. Doing that will kill my ability to use the content in numerous contexts, but because XML/XSLT is so difficult for the laymen, I may be forced to.
P.S. Does anyone know a really good WYSIWYG editing tool that doesn't get in the way but still supports editing XML to a schema? We can't seem to find one...
Cheers, Wendell
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