Subject: RE: [xsl] Why XSLT? From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:58:41 +0100 |
> You can parse an xml file with an xsl file No, you parse an XML file with an XML parser, such as Xerces or xp > and can generate > an html document using Xerces or XT. Xerces is an XML parser, xt is an XSLT processor. XML parsers cannot generate HTML; XSLT processors can. > Then I wonder why these > people introduced Xalan. Please someone clarify me what are > the advantages having XSLT and Xalan? XSLT processors (like xt and Xalan) transform an input XML structure to a result XML structure, which they can then output as XML or HTML. This is a much bigger job than simply parsing the XML. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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