RE: Where is XML going

Micheal wrote:

> The main drawback seems to be that it's hard to parameterize it, that is,

> to make anything dependent on data content or user input.

I’d say you’d want to consider what is being planned for the xf:transform action in XForms. Currently, XForms has all the pieces necessary to do this bar the invoking of the transform, but that is already available as an extension in some implementations. With XForms it doesn’t all come out of a single element, you need to define an instance for the data and some events that trigger actions and something with which to bind the result to the view. But then that’s probably why it is difficult to parameterize all in one element.

Regards

Philip Fennell
Consultant
MarkLogic Corporation

I've been thinking about doing something like this as an alternative to having to invoke a transformation using Javascript. The main drawback seems to be that it's hard to parameterize it, that is, to make anything dependent on data content or user input.

Michael Kay
Saxonica