Subject: Re: Formatting Objects considered harmful From: James Clark <jjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:41:15 +0700 |
Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > > CSS+HTML has just as much potential for abuse as XSL FOs. Any > > stylesheet language that provides an inline style mechanism has the > > potential for abuse: it allows you to use inline style instead of > > semantically meaningful markup. > > In theory, yes. However, when using HTML you always have the > possibility of doing the right thing. Normally, a SPAN element comes > in between more abstract elements and is only used for the odd visual > effect. Fairly harmless. With XSL you also always have the possibility of doing the right thing. Instead of sending the client a document that uses XSL FOs along with an XSL stylesheet that does the identity transform, you normally send the client a semantically meaningful XML document along with an XSL stylesheet that transforms that into XSL FOs. I still don't see how Formatting Objects are any more "harmful" than CSS. > If you use FO as a document format, you only have a formatting > vocabulary at your disposal and your objects are bound to a certain > media type. I don't see anybody recommending a Web of FOs any more than I see anybody recommending a Web of <span style="..."> HTML. James XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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