Re: [xsl] XQuery and XSLT

[Robert Koberg <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> > > > > > "Andrew" == Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     Andrew> Hopefully one day someone will create an XSLT processor
>     Andrew> that operates against a native XML database, to have have
>     Andrew> the best of both worlds.
>
> I don't understand why that is necessary.

Just as XSL processors build a custom/smaller/faster DOM, an XML DB 
based processor could make use of its custom DOM.

-Rob

> Why not just specify a URI scheme for accessing your favourite
> database, and write a URI resolver for it that returns events that
> your XSLT processor can understand (e.g. for JAXP processors such as
> Saxon, generate SAX events)?
>
> Then your favourite database will look like a native XML database to
> the XSLT processor.