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I am not in the same league as many who contribute to this list, but perhaps that actually qualifies me to respond to this particular question. The only "content-management system" some of us know besides XML is HTML. When people claim that XML offers "separation of content from presentation" they mean relative to HTML; alternatives such as SGML aren't in our limited universe! Vance Vance Christiaanse Cintech Consulting James Robertson wrote: > > > > Sorry if this is an old, dead horse on this list, but does anyone see > > > any substance in the supposed "separation of content from > > > presentation" feature of XML? > > I am probably way too late on this > thread, but here it goes: > > "Separation of content from presentation" is > not a feature of XML. As indicated by earlier > posters, this can be achieved in a number > of systems other than XML. > > Instead: "Separation of content from presentation" > is a GOAL of any "content management"-type system. > > XML is simply one of the easier ways of > meeting this goal. > > The benefits in achieving this goal are > huge, as I have personally seen in projects > sthat I've been involved in. > > As to whether XML+XSLT can actually be > used to achieve this, I'm less convinced. > > J > > ------------------------- > James Robertson > Step Two Designs Pty Ltd > Knowledge Management Consultancy, SGML & XML > Illumination: an out-of-the-box Intranet solution > > http://www.steptwo.com.au/ > jamesr@s... > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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