Subject: Re: [xsl] Transforming the XSL-List archive into RSS 1.0 From: "B. Tommie Usdin" <btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:40:58 -0400 |
Jimmy -- As I wrote to you off list: the archive is created auto-magically by software that is out of my control. Mulberry provides the labor and the $$$ to run XSL-List; the actual mechanics are done by a service called "BigList". We use them because this is the lowest cost way we could find to host a list as big and as active as XSL-List. However, because we contract the list maintenance out, we do not have control of the details of list administration and cannot change the format of the llist archive. I suggest that you use James Clark's SX (http://www.jclark.com/sp/sx.htm) or Dave Ragett's HTML Tidy (http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/) to convert the files you receive (or download from the archive) into XML, and work from there. -- Tommie > >From: "Jimmy Cerra" <jimbolist@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: Transforming the XSL-List archive into RSS 1.0 >>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:41:54 -0400 >> >>I subscribe to the XSL digest; however, I often find that there are a >>lot of messages that I ignore. Since I use dial-up, the wasted >>bandwidth contributes to a significant wait. >> >>Furthermore I'm relatively new to XSL, so I decided to design a >>stylesheet to transform the XSL-List archives into an RSS 1.0 file of >>the last 12 or so hours (no descriptions; just titles and links in >>sequential order by date) that I can automate. The project would be >>educational as well as useful, I figure. >> >>However, when I looked at the source of the list, I noticed that the >>pages are served as the SGML-flavor of HTML. :-( XSL can't really work >>with this because of the unbalanced tags (<li>, <br>, etcetera). >>However, the pages do validate as HTML 4.01 Strict. How do I work >>around the unfortunate format and convert it to sensible XML? >> >>If there is no way, can I request that the list change the archives to >>XHTML (or offer the XML-based format as an alternative)? >> >>(Note that I'm using Saxon 7.6.) >> >>-- >>Jimmy Cerra >> >>] "XML is just syntax, and you can therefore >>] use it any way you like." - Michael Kay > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list -- ====================================================================== B. Tommie Usdin mailto:btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: 301/315-9631 Suite 207 Direct Line: 301/315-9634 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in XML and SGML ====================================================================== XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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