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At 2:52 PM -0700 9/17/01, Thom, John L. wrote: >How long does it take to create a stylesheet? What a difficult question! The only reliable answer is: It Depends. Among the things that affect time to create a stylesheet (from least to most important) are: - size of the DTD (not just number of elements; attributes that affect processing also count) - complexity of the DTD - complexity of the desired transformation - do you want a stylesheet to style the data in it's current sequence? - do you want to create input files for another application, and if so, how complex are they? - how much re-arrangement, consolidation, computation, and other folding like a pretzel do you want to do? - quality of the specification: how well do you know what you want the stylesheet to do? (And do you have either a written specification or a sample of what the result should be? Preferably both!) - stability of the specification: how often will it change during stylesheet development >Experience of person who created such a stylesheet? Of course experience matters, just like with any other programming language. And experience with non-procedural languages is key; programmers with a lot of experience with procedural languages may have a very hard time learning to work with XSLT (as opposed to fighting it). >What does a novice need to understand/know to create stylesheets? Another difficult question! The only reliable answer is: It Depends. In this case it largely depends on the complexity of the transformation and the quality of the specification. -- Tommie -- ====================================================================== B. Tommie Usdin mailto:btusdin@m... Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: 301/315-9631 Suite 207 Direct Line: 301/315-9634 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
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