Subject: RE: [xsl] A general question From: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 13:58:55 -0800 |
Speaking of, does anyone know if Netscape Navigator plans to allow HTML generated using client-side XSLT to link a CSS? It is very nice that NN6.1+ allows client-side XSLT transforms, but it seems to limit you to using HTML with no CSS on the output. It would be nice to be proved wrong on this, too.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kay [mailto:michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 1:17 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [xsl] A general question > > There are four possible drawbacks to client-side transformation (please > don't call it parsing!): > > - if the XML file is large in comparison with the generated HTML, it can > use > more bandwidth and latency > - it doesn't work on all browsers > - it's insecure if the XML contains data you don't want everyone to see > - it can reduce the number of hits that you measure on your server! > > If none of these factors are relevant, client-side transformation has many > advantages. > > Michael Kay > Software AG > home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx > work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of TP > > Sent: 18 February 2002 19:39 > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [xsl] A general question > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > It would make it browser independent, but I'm not sure it > > would make it > > > faster (more work being done on the server, so unless you > > have a very > > small > > > number of people using your web site or a very beefy server it would > > actually > > > make it slower). > > > > So, is it not a good idea to parse on the back end if by > > doing so, we lose > > performance. What do developers generally do? Do they use > > front-end parsing > > or back-end parsing? I know that there are a few book authors > > on this list. > > What would you recommend? > > > > Thanks, > > > > TP. > > > > > > > > Whatever you do depends on what server-side language you > > use. If you use > > > ASP, then plugging in MSXML is pretty easy (although I > > won't touch ASP > > > personally so I can't tell you what to do). If you have > > access to a J2EE > > > server, then you can write your own Servlet that integrates > > with your > > > favorite Java processor (Xalan, Saxon, etc.). You should > > also check out > > > Cocoon (http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/), which is a server explicitly > > designed > > > for doing XSLT transformations. PHP I believe has its own > > XSLT plugin as > > > well. > > > > > > On Monday 18 February 2002 09:24, TP wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am working on an servlet based application that was designed by > > someone > > > > else. What we do is that we send xml data over to the > > browser and we > > rely > > > > on the browsers xsl processor (msxml) to parse the xml > > into viewable > > html. > > > > what this has done is that we are now very much browser > > dependant, such > > > > that our application cannot be viewed on any other > > browser other than > > IE. > > > > > > > > What we want to do is, of course, avoid this. What I was > > told is that if > > I > > > > used my application server to parse my xml instead of the > > browser, this > > > > would make the process faster and browser independant. > > i.e., parse the > > xml > > > > on the server side rather than the client. > > > > > > > > I am a newbie on this and need some direction about where > > I should start > > > > studying about this. Can someone please guide me on this. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > TP. > > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > -- > > Peter Davis > > The Official Colorado State Vegetable is now the "state legislator". > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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