Re: [xsl] XSLT & SQL

Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT & SQL
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:06:25 +0100
> XSLT assumes an XSLT processor operating on
> data external to itself and thereby access to external processes.

Not really.
XSLT assumes that an input tree is made available but how that tree is
made available is out of scope for the spec.
the document function may give access to data at some URI but a
conformant XSLT processor isn't obliged to support _any_ URI schemes.

David


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