Subject: Re: [xsl] What problem are you trying to solve (was Re: [xsl] why no indent here) From: Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:41:39 +0100 |
Hi Wendell, my question was triggered by what I saw and (thought that I) understood about the Tamara blog effort, the way the XML input is produced. I have no experience with Symphony or anything similar, but I feel that it's maintainability and adaptability for multiple backends via varied XSLT transformations isn't necessary in this case. What else? Was our user needlessly goaded into using this tool chain? (Yes, learning a new tool with some relatively simple project is a good idea, but I don't think that this applies in this case.) Actually, I had it on the tip of my fingers to suggest he just write this thing in HTML, with a sprinkle of CSS, and all his worries soon be over. Thanks Wolfgang On 12/12/2011, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wolfgang, > > On 12/12/2011 4:08 AM, Wolfgang Laun wrote: >> (I'd like to hear some opions from the Wizards on this list: Is it >> worth doing all this if you can write it in HTML, add a nice CSS and >> that's it? The "content" isn't going to need much maintenance - at >> least I can't see it in *this* app. And consider what you have to >> master either way.) > > I dare say it's impossible to answer the question in the general case. > Generally, there are specific considerations that come into play. > > But yeah: if you can solve your problem in CSS and there's no reason to > do otherwise ... then there's no reason to do otherwise. :-) > > Reasons to do otherwise might include because you think it's fun, or you > are deliberately investing effort in learning. > > Yet I agree, if you mean to suggest it's easy to waste effort on > solutions to problems you don't really have, or which could be dealt > with much more easily if you defined them differently (as, for example, > a display problem not a transformation problem). > > Cheers, > Wendell > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ======================================================================
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