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At 14:01 25/02/1999 , Wendy Cameron wrote: | > Instead, have you considered using a simple server-side | > script that trawls through the XML, and generates an | > HTML page containing the results? | Yes we most definitely have considered this option and yes we | will use those technologies if necessary. | | However this may suggest we should revert back to older archiving | technologies at least until XML and XSL mature. Not at all! XML is a wonderful tool for this sort of work. It terms of data storage it is extremely handy. For example, in a previous job, I wrote code to generate 50,000+ pages of HTML from SGML. Worked like a charm. I'm just suggesting that the simplest solution would be to not involve the client in the XML side of things. | (BTW im not the boss!!!! The boss wants to use XSL if possible) | Reasoning behind use of XSL | Its off the shelf Well ... there are a few very earlier implementations of XSL. _None_ are complete. Also, XSL is a language, not an application. You have to program in it. There are quite a few actual applications designed to take SGML/XML and create HTML. XSL is not one of them. | We dont have to generate and maintain our own code In XSL you have to do exactly that. After all, it's a language. | Its hoped once learned it would be simpler Perhaps. But this has yet to be proven. | XSL might be techonology that stands the test of time Who knows? (See the long discussions re: CSS vs XSL for some ideas about other futures.) | Ohh Shucks I dont know? Fair enough. ;-) I guess there is the "gee-whiz" factor involved. Although whether this is the basis of good business decision-making ... J ------------------------- James Robertson Step Two Designs Pty Ltd SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy http://www.steptwo.com.au/ jamesr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Beyond the Idea" ACN 081 019 623 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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