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You might like to re-read the "family tree" case study in XSLT Programmer's Reference, where I construct the data model directly from a GEDCOM file - no XML involved. The XSLT processor is simply front-ended with a parser that implements the SAX XMLReader interface, but takes GEDCOM rather than XML as input. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > James Fuller > Sent: 22 July 2002 09:40 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: handling namespaces in advance Re: > namespace required in transform > > > > > I don't see why the actual syntatic construction of xml could not > > > itself be abstracted( instead of angle brackets, why not > > > slashes...etc ) and defined, a sorta schema for base/physical > > > format; maybe this is a route of introducing binary xml....ok yes > > > there are issues all over the place, just a thought. > > > > This is precisely why XSLT and XPath define the data model as an > > abstraction. You don't have to create the data model from a > source XML > > document, you can create it from anything. If you want to define a > > format that is like XML except that the namespace declarations are > > contained in the end tags, you are free to do so, so long > as you can > > parse it into the XPath data model. Whether it will catch > on or not is > > another matter... > > hmmmm, sometimes I think the W3's best intentions get buried > in the language.....wow....completely missed this point ! > > sorry to extend this thread, this is a very interesting > point....which is particularly relevent in a current project > that is hitting performance issues, and I am desperate for > any fallback positions. > > so I assume I have to read > http://www.w3.org/TR/query-datamodel/ again, > and this time I > have to 'get it'...any other pointers to related work would > be greatly appreciated....but after 5 minutes of > googling....I suspect yet again, that I am walking down a lonely path. > > thx for making yet another concept clear to my poor little mind. > > cheers, jim fuller > > > 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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