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From: Miles Sabin <msabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> It's not that I doubt the _intelligence_ of (most importantly) graphic designers, I just doubt that they'll have either the time or the inclination to learn how to be programmers. But isn't that the whole point? With XSL (or a similar approach) they don't have to learn procedural programming. I mean, even if they don't have a GUI, it's a lot simpler to write <xsl:apply-templates select="section/heading" /> or even (let's assume they're going to HTML) <ol> <xsl:for-each select="section"> <li><xsl:apply-templates select="heading"></li> </xsl:for-each> </ol> than to start with ECMAscript and the DOM, if all they want to do is extract the section headings. Disclaimer: Although a member of the XSL-WG and Bitstream, this message does not necessarily speak for either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew M. Greene agreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 617.520.8337 www.mit.edu/~amgreene ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the routine" -- Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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