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If the output of a XSL Translation is an XML document.. then another style sheet can be written that will transform the output document back to the source document. However, this approach will not work if the output was not an XML document. regards, Abhishek. -----Original Message----- From: owner-xml-dev@x... [mailto:owner-xml-dev@x...]On Behalf Of Robin Berjon Sent: 02 July,Sunday, 2000 00:35 To: Ashvil Cc: xml-dev@x... Subject: Re: Can XSLT be bi-directional ? XML + XSLT -> XHTML -> XML + (XSLT) At 09:49 01/07/2000 -0700, Ashvil wrote: >Can XSLT be bi-directional ? Can you get the original XML information >from the output file by using the original XSLT file. > >An example would be a XML file is transformed using XSLT into XHTML. A >User edits the data in the XHTML file (assuming no tags are harmed or >replaced) and sends it back. Is it possible to convert the information >in the XHTML file to it's original XML format using the original XSLT >file only. > >Any thoughts ? Or is the only way creating a new XSLT file to do this >? Or is it possible for the transformation to be bi-directional. This >would greatly assist in building User friendly editing systems. Chances are that in many cases the transformation back might be difficult as some different elements in your input might map to the same element in the output. However, if whatever is to process your output ignores information it doesn't understand, you may be able for instance to flag output elements with specific attributes that would guarantee a safe mapping back. You'd still have to write another stylesheet though. -- robin b. "What I like about deadlines is the lovely whooshing sound they make as they rush past." --Douglas Adams *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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