xml-dev - Re: First experiences with XSL

["Don Park" <donpark@quake.net>]

>XSL (as pertains to the flow-layout characteristics thereof, and style
sheet
>solutions in general) are general solutions.  For every output format, you
must
>write only one translator.  For every DTD, you must write only one style
sheet.
>The complexity, therefore, is O(n+m), and you have the additional advantage
that
>your graphic designers can layout pages, rather than your programmers.

XSL can be broken up into reusable pieces, style patterns with parameters,
which can be recombined using a simple (from the users POV and definitely
not from that of implementors!;-) GUI tool.  Parameters in the style
patterns can be made late binding so that final XSL is put together by the
web server after determining client configuration or by the client itself.
Certain style patterns can have be defined to have attraction profile
attached so that they can adapt to changes in DTD.

Just a tool developers point of view,

Don Park
http://www.quake.net/~donpark/index.html



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