Subject: Re: Stylesheet vs. Transform From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:46:33 -0600 (MDT) |
> I think the distinction between transformation and styling is bogus. I agree. I would add that "transformation" is IMHO a misnomer anyway. If the identity transformation (source=result) were the default, and the stylesheet were an influence on this process, then yes, the source trees are being transformed into the result tree. But as it stands, the XSLT process is much easier to understand if you describe it as the creation of a new tree, *possibly* drawing upon information in source trees during the process. The stylesheet defines a tree that instructs the XSLT processor in a manner that directs part of this process. Also, XSLT is only for abstract tree transformation. Although it is heavily XML document oriented, it is not necessary for the trees to be derived from XML documents or for XML documents to be derived from them. - Mike ____________________________________________________________________ Mike J. Brown, software engineer at My XML/XSL resources: webb.net in Denver, Colorado, USA http://www.skew.org/xml/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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