Re: [xml-dev] xml xsl web architecture

From
Peter Hunsberger <>
To
Michael Kay <>
Date
2006-02-24T19:46:25Z
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Re: [xml-dev] xml xsl web architecture
On 2/24/06, Michael Kay <> 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?

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Peter Hunsberger