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   Re: [xml-dev] xml xsl web architecture

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  • To: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Subject: Re: [xml-dev] xml xsl web architecture
  • From: "Peter Hunsberger" <peter.hunsberger@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:46:25 -0600
  • Cc: "Anthony Ettinger" <aettinger@sdsualumni.org>, ElektonikaMail@tetro.net, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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On 2/24/06, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
>
> > XSLT is a Turing complete language.  By using it as your template
> > language you not only force everyone who designs for your site to
> > learn XSLT
>
> I think you're assuming you understand what you mean by a "template
> language", and you're assuming a particular model of web site development.
> My understanding of a template language is that you have a small number of
> people writing templates and a much larger number of people writing content.
>

Perhaps so.  However, IIRC, in the original post part of the issue was
to make sure it was easy to map the "templating language" back to HTML
(<para> to <p> was the example given). To me that sounds like a
language aimed at the content side of the shop, otherwise, why is it
even an issue?

--
Peter Hunsberger




 

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