Subject: Re: [xsl] Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status From: "Jacobs,David B." <djacobs@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:08:04 -1000 |
> This is just what some people call the "pull" method. > In fact XSLT has a mechanism which is specifically there to make it act > more like the ASP type of templating language that you mention. Agreed, this is just the pull method, but all too often I see this method being dissed in favor of the more powerful push. While this makes sense for those who are already experts in XSLT and pushing the envelope, I believe it is detrimental to have most people's initial exposure to XSLT be push formulated stylesheets. My main issue is that of advocacy and how to help XSLT achieve mass popularity on the order of PHP, ASP and other favored web application tools. > Having simplified your stylesheet down to to a single match="/" > template into which you "pull" the data, you can go the next step and > miss out the surrounding xsl:stylesheet and xsl:template elements > and just start off with (typically) the html element. > You just need to have an xsl:version attribute in the xsl namespace. Thanks for the information on the abrieviated syntax, I was not aware you could do that. However, I would likely recommend keeping the xsl:stylesheet because it makes it easier for the user to experiment with XSLT's more powerful features. I want users to be encouraged to experiment with XSLT's other features while not requiring them to do so. David XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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