Subject: Re: syntax feedback From: "Oren Ben-Kiki" <oren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:26:53 +0200 |
-----Original Message----- Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >What is it about XML that encourages the development of standards which >mash together multiple layers of processing? Why not keep transformation >in one box, and formatting in the other, and let people who need both just >use both layers? > >That way, you'd avoid all of this sniping between the different style sheet >communities, give developers a clear path on which to build, and make it a >lot easier to move documents from one world (without transformations) to >another (with transformations) without having to reinvent the wheel each time. Oh oh, here we go again... That _would_ be a simple solution. I had an informal survey done in this mailing list - check for the "XSL Intent Survey" thread if you missed it - and there was a 13-to-1 majority in favor of the W3C making an official decision on this question once and for all, and a better then 2-to-1 majority in favour of doing just what you suggest. Basicaly, the popular choice was to use the transformational part of XSL (dare I call it XQL? :-) to convert XML into CSS+XML/HTML. The W3C has maintained a thundering silence as its response to this survey, at least so far. Oren Ben-Kiki. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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