Re: [xsl] Displaying one section of XML file at a time

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gowri,

At 05:06 PM 3/15/2006, you wrote:
> > (So: Yes,
> > you can do
> > client-side. Are you ready? Are the benefits worth
> > being that much
> > closer to the edge? It could be. Some of us like it
> > out on the edge.)
>
> Wow, this is exactly what I have been contemplating
> since last three weeks - whether I will be ready to do
> the transformation on client-side! And that is why I
> decided to come up with an example so that I would
> know whether it would work with our publication
> scenario.

That's a smart approach.

Keep in mind that pushing closer to the edge means greater risks. 
Some readers of this list like the risks, partly I suppose because 
the rewards can be great. So they arrange things so they can do 
innovative projects that push those boundaries. Other readers are 
less risk-tolerant, or work for organizations that must be 
risk-averse when it comes to this kind of thing.

Personally, I don't write much client-side code except for home use. 
In my case that's probably because I just hate all the delicacies of 
tailoring code to do the same thing differently in different 
browsers. So I am limited to "greatest common factor" solutions. This 
gives me a great appreciation of those who are able to put up with 
going into the proprietary stuff, since they can make things dance in 
ways I can't. Or even better, they can work to provide a layer such 
as Sarissa (look it up if you're going to work on the client), which 
works towards what I need -- a *standard*, thanks, something agnostic 
and ecumenical -- and which goes to demonstrate what *should* be possible.

On the other hand, those who push the boundaries need me, too. 
Without people like me who follow behind and try to show that not 
only is X-magic possible, it can also (given a reasonable investment) 
be *easy*, and in keeping with what you're already doing rather than 
a departure from it -- and therefore not so risky after all -- even 
the best of their innovations wouldn't last as long as the 
obsolescing machines they're coded on.

Uh-oh, this isn't really about XSL any more is it?

Cheers,
Wendell



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