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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: XML mantra, from Sean McGrath
 Gotta quit drinking coffee... The goal is to create master/document sets (documents composed of documents) and to be able to print the master or a module from the same style sheet without the end-user being aware of the details. Like most software, it should just work. In fact, I use XInclude because locals understand it and it is a little simpler. However, the system I have doesn't support Xpointer so a major advantage for it, to select fragments, isn't there. In this particular case, I use the FOSI to suppress the bits I don't want and it works fine with entities or the XIncludes. The latter is simply easier to teach the less stellar monkeys. The advantages of XSLT or XSLT-FO in this situation are almost nil because the rendering engine already creates PDFs from the FOSI and there is no advantage to down-translating to say, Docbook. The output is NOT an S1000D clone-render (bad stereo-instructions) but a TM (goes in S1000D; comes out 24784-ish). XSLT is a good way to slice and dice but because 1.0 can't create files (yes later versions can), one resorts to code and the xml library or bears the cost of manual tasks. I still use XSLT but upstream from the rendering phase, eg., to get data out of the spreadsheets as XML then transform those into other items. Again, my point is to be nimble and adaptable given the platform churn, the fact that standards may be half-implemented, tools may be awkward and the local environment may not be able to sustain clever solutions. YMMV. Keep a light hand on the tiller. len  [Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
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