Re: [xsl] XSL template "namespace" problem

Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL template "namespace" problem
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:20:15 -0500
Ian,

At 01:58 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:
I appreciate you laying out the details for me, and I will read up on these links referred to me to get better details of "well formediness" (if thats even a word) of the documents in question. Unfourtunately, most documents I read don't give details on some of the finer points of documents being "well formed" beyond standard XML structure with tags, attributes and values. I'll keep looking though.

We're getting to the point where basic XML literacy is being taken for granted by the how-to-do-it literature. Since they don't cover it, they aren't telling you that "well-formedness" in XML (a technical term) is analogous to rules like "bishops move diagonally" in chess. If you have bishops and they are moving some way other than diagonally, it's not chess.


You might take a look at http://xmlshoestring.com for a couple of short pieces on such basics. (If I ever get time I might work up some more of these.) Or E R Harold's piece at http://www.developer.com/tech/article.php/797861 (a bit more technical and comprehensive).

Cheers,
Wendell



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