Re: [xml-dev] libxslt / libxml2 - which one to use

["Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@tech-know-ware.com>]

This post may have been delayed, but your post on the xml@gnome.org mailing
list is the best place to ask these questions.  Now that you've had some 
feedback, you could send some refined questions.

If you want information on XSLT, then I believe the place to go is the list
at http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/
(xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com).

HTH,

Pete.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Senthil Nathan" <rsennat@gmail.com>
To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: [xml-dev] libxslt / libxml2 - which one to use


> Hi,
> I'm new to use XML/ XSLT. I need general clarifications of using libxml2 /
> libxslt for my application.
>
> I have a huge XML file, and a snippet of that is as follows,
>
> <hostName>
>      <defaultValue>value</defaultValue>
>      <description>
>             <shortDescr>Hostname descr.</shortDescr>
>             <longDescr>long descr of Hostname</longDescr>
>      </description>
>
>      <dataType>string</dataType>
>      <operations>set,delete</operations>
>
> </hostName>
>
> 1. Here, Is it possible to build a DOM tree using libxml2. (basic
> question.
> but still)
>
> 2. And is it possible to have "description", "datatype", "operations" as
> attributes
>    in the DOM tree, instead of as sub nodes of "hostName".
>
> 3. Is there anyway to overlay XML file on an existing xml tree. ie., merge
> /
> append different xml files.
>
> 4. I have a template XML file and a config XML file. Template xml contains
> only the xml structure. Config XML will also be similar to that structure
> with the values for those elements/tags.
>    Using libxml2 / libxslt, can I build the DOM tree from the Template xml
> file and fill in the values for every element/tags and put it in the
> Config
> xml file??
>
> Please post your comments on this. Would be helpful for me to proceed
> further.
>
> Thanks
> Senthil
>