Subject: Re: [xsl] Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:01:42 GMT |
> I would agree, since most of the web applications I've seen have not had a > strong relation between source and result that has definitely contributed to > my bias. Ah that explains a lot! You really don't think of your input XML Document as a document at all. But as some kind of data source out of which things may be extracted. I'd expect the following to be exercise 1 in a beginning XSL course and it can't be achieved using the methods you recommend (which is why I see them as limited in the extreme) Convert the following to HTML <para>Once upon a <emphasis>time</emphasis>.</para> resulting in <p>Once upon a <em>time</em>.</p> This is just a couple of templates changing para to p and emphasis to em and works for any number of paragraphs and emphasised texts. This is not just a contrived example to break your suggested method it's (for me) the most typical example of what XSLT is used for. Converting docbook or xmlspec or TEI might take a few more templates, but it is just really more of the same, and anyone who understands the above transform coded with two templates will have a good handle on understanding (in principle) what the larger examples like the docbook transforms are doing. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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