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Hi, I'm trying to transform XML to HTML with different layouts using different XSLs. The idea is to seperate date content from the date representation. But I'm not sure which kind of information belong to content and which to representation. For example a simple XML <LINKS> <LINK HREF="first.html">First</LINK> <LINK HREF="second.html">Second</LINK> </LINKS> The first XSL which uses the href information: <xsl:template match="LINKS"> <TABLE> <xsl:apply-templates/> </TABLE> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="LINK"> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <FONT FACE="Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><A HREF="{@HREF}"><xsl:apply-templates/></A></FONT></TD></TR> </xsl:template> The second XSL leaves the href information unused and just prints out the text <xsl:template match="LINKS"> <TABLE> <xsl:apply-templates/> </TABLE> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="LINK"> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <FONT FACE="Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><xsl:apply-templates/></FONT></TD></TR> </xsl:template> Everything works fine until now. But what if I want to use a image instead of the text ina third layout. I have two possibilities. 1. Write the whole stuff in XSL. e.g <xsl:template match="LINKS"> here comes the whole HTML with images. All hard coded. <a href="first.html"><img src="first.gif"/></a><br/> <a href="second.html"><img src="second.gif"/></a><br/> </xsl:template> 2. Extend the XML to include the image attribute. <LINKS> <LINK HREF="first.html" IMAGE="first.gif">First</LINK> <LINK HREF="second.html" IMAGE="second.gif">Second</LINK> </LINKS> and change the XSL to <xsl:template match="LINK"> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <FONT FACE="Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><img src="{@IMAGE}"/></FONT></TD></TR> </xsl:template> Of course, the second approach allows to handle the layouts in a generic way, which is quote suitable for further changes.(e.g. add one more LINK etc.) But the XML document must also be very generic to ensure the fact, that it delivers the values for all possible uses. E.g. if I want to call a script function onClick, I have to then specify it it the XML too, or the image height and image width). This will end in a very complex XML with a lot of information for all possible cases, but the information will not be used for most cases. I'm also not sure whether the information like image height and image width is layout specific or real data content. I'm glad to hear any opinion and suggestions. Dapeng Wang xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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