Re: multiple XSL from one XML

Ok, there must be any kind of dynamicity to change the way the XML source
document is going to be presented (pre-processed). This usually mean a control
object (process) at the server (servlet, jsp, asp, etc.). But let's consider
the following scenario:

- Suppose we have an XML database (whatever it means, let's say a repository of
XML-structured data talking HTTP to the rest of the world).
- Suppose we have an XML-Query Language with a syntax supporting constructive
directives.

You can:
- build a web form asking for different options,
- converting the parameters into a XML-query sentence,
- send it via HTTP,

and the XML-DBMS produces the magic (combining the XML source with the
appropriate templates).

Of course there is a control process too, but we can get rid of intermediate
processes like the ones mentioned above and encapsulate the dynamicity into the
DBMS.

Well, just an idea.

Bob DuCharme wrote:

> Stephen_Csiza wrote:
>
> >> I have an XML document that I would like to have an initial style sheet
> >> associated w/ it.
> >> That part I have.... the part I can't figure out is how to allow the
> users
> >> to choose the style sheet they want to view it with.
>
> "Narinder Anand" wrote:
>
> > Try passing a parameter to the stylesheet...
>
> To add a little more detail here, having the user make a choice and then
> acting on it means some sort of interactivity, and XSLT itself doesn't
> provide for interactivity. Perhaps some external process could find out the
> user's choice and pass along a parameter when processing the document with
> the stylesheet.
>
> If you're talking about viewing the document with a browser and the user's
> choice of stylesheet, then passing a parameter probably isn't an option. I
> can't think of a way to dynamically choose a stylesheet for a static XML
> document sitting on a server; the best I can think of is to add the
> appropriate xml-stylesheet processing instruction to the beginning of your
> XML document, based on the user's choice of stylesheet, before shipping it
> to the browser.
>
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