Re: Structured metadata within XSLT?

Ed Staub wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Francis.
> 
> > first XSLT seems to ignore non-XSLT elements within the template element
> 
> I must misunderstand you; normal behavior is to output non-XSLT elements
> within a template.  Can you give a sample?

Err, that was meant to be the *stylesheet* element - there was an
involuntary transformation between brain and keyboard...
> 
> I think the "extension element / fallback" solution is probably better,
> because it can be used virtually anywhere, binding metadata tightly to what
> it describes.  

Yes, it probably is better - when I hopped into this thread I'd
forgotten that David Carlisle and others had already investigated the
area.

> 
> The context is one in which there is a rich set of stylesheets with lots of
> templates of the "call-template" variety.
> 
> The "hot button" is to be able to tag templates of the "call-template"
> variety with metadata describing their usage, for use by authoring tools in
> both automatically selecting appropriate templates and offering "tips" about
> their usage.
> 
> A Javadoc-like facility would be very cool also.
> 
So now all you need to do is come up with an XML grammar for your
metadata.

I'd be interested in trying this in RDF as a tutorial exercise...

Francis.
-- 
Francis Norton.

why not?


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