Re: [xml-dev] RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web

[Ben Trafford <ben@prodigal.ca>]

On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 10:31 -0500, Simon St.Laurent wrote: 
> On 12/2/10 10:20 AM, David Lee wrote:
> > I'll bite on this ...
> > Conceptually, what is the difference between this suggestion (better CSS) then supporting XSLT in the browser ?
> 
> Heh.  I'm not sure the conceptual differences matter as much as reusing 
> technology that's already widely implemented in browsers.

Precisely. The point is to enable XML with existing and well-understood
technologies, to gain penetration with the widest audience possible and
allow for the re-use of broadly understood technologies. XSLT is
impenetrable to the average web developer.

--->Ben