Re: XML/XSL on the client for dynamic UI

Jon Smirl wrote:
> This need to rebuild the DOM differently for each XSL implementation is why
> I was asking about XPath support and the DOM2. As it stands right now the
> DOM2 draft does not support the features necessary to implement an XLS
> processor efficiently. If the DOM2 supported enough features XSL processors
> could stop building their own private DOM implementations.

I cannot imagine that such enhancements will not be made for DOM3
(anticipated in draft by April 2000 on the W3C site), but as a 
community, those of us who use XSL at an implementation level should
keep an eye out for the requirements document and the drafts, and
ensure that this need is met.

 Steve

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Steve Tinney                                        Babylonian Section
                                 *   University of Pennsylvania Museum
stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx                          Phila, PA. 215-898-4047

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