Subject: Re: Why transformation? From: John Eadie <eadie@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Sep 30 12:35:29 1998 |
|Is there a good reason for this, or is it just that XSL has transformations |because DSSSL did? There must be something more to it than the comfort |level of those used to working with SGML tools, but so far, I haven't heard |much exciting. I disagree w.r.t. the excitement, but I also wonder. I've been spending -far too much- time worrying about the transformation plans for XSL. %^) Paul mentioned earlier that thousands of folks have pointed out that they have their own scripting solutions, and it seems to me (although I am fairly simple-minded, and not currently a programmer) that CSS and using whatever from DOM representation should work. On the other hand we sell Balise, so I am prejudiced. -john |Where does XSL fit in an XML application architecture? |Why is this more more useful than CSS? |What is the value of conflating style and transformation? | |Thanks. I'm attempting to write an overview chapter on styles, and can't |find any great reasons to tell people to use XSL. | |Simon St.Laurent |Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer |Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth (November) |Building XML Applications (December) |http://www.simonstl.com | | | XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list | | -- John Eadie (JE46) AIS Software Agent (N. America) eadie@xxxxxxxxxx ~ http://www.us.balise.com Tel: (604) 926-0306 FAX: (604) 922-5194 `one of these days the dogs aren't going to eat the dog food' - Bill Joy XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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