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I would take a hybrid position...present the end users with a choice of stylesheets that allow them to view the same data in several "canned" presentation formats. This gives them choice, but doesn't require them to become XSL experts. Rick Geimer National Semiconductor rick.geimer@xxxxxxx Marcus Carr wrote: > Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I think I understand the point you are making, in which case I would > > recommend that you instigate the XSL transformation from script. That way > > you can style the XML document with the XSL document *of your choice* > > rather than the one specified in the XML document. This is also necessary > > if you want to render several different views of the same XML document. > > Does anyone have a philosophical position on the wisdom of stylesheets being > written by the ultimate consumers of the data in order to impose a view that > they believe to be appropriate? I believe that determinations of how the data > can best be used should be left to one who understands the entire structure, > much the way database reports are used. Any comments? > > -- > Regards, > > Marcus Carr email: mrc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ___________________________________________________________________ > Allette Systems (Australia) www: http://www.allette.com.au > ___________________________________________________________________ > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." > - Einstein > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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