Re: Why transformation?

Subject: Re: Why transformation?
From: John Eadie <eadie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Sep 30 12:35:29 1998
 |Is there a good reason for this, or is it just that XSL has transformations
 |because DSSSL did?  There must be something more to it than the comfort
 |level of those used to working with SGML tools, but so far, I haven't heard
 |much exciting.

I disagree w.r.t. the excitement, but I also wonder.
I've been spending -far too much- time worrying about the
transformation plans for XSL.  %^)

Paul mentioned earlier that thousands of folks have pointed out
that they have their own scripting solutions, and it seems to me
(although I am fairly simple-minded, and not currently a programmer)
that CSS and using whatever from DOM representation should work.

On the other hand we sell Balise, so I am prejudiced.

-john

 |Where does XSL fit in an XML application architecture?
 |Why is this more more useful than CSS?
 |What is the value of conflating style and transformation?
 |
 |Thanks.  I'm attempting to write an overview chapter on styles, and can't
 |find any great reasons to tell people to use XSL.
 |
 |Simon St.Laurent
 |Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer
 |Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth (November)
 |Building XML Applications (December)
 |http://www.simonstl.com
 |
 |
 | XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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