Re: A Question **TO** XSLT Newbies

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 15:28, James J. Ramsey wrote:
> --- Andrew Watt <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 1. What do I want to output?
> > 2. Where will get that data?
> > 3. How can I code it?
> 
> I'd suggest separating point 3 into two subpoints:
> 
> 3a. *How* will I get the data?
> 3b. How will I channel that data into the output?

As was mentioned in a recent response here, that really isn't
anything to do with XSLT or even XML. 

> In my short experience with XSLT, point 3a was the
> difficult part. I knew what data I wanted, but didn't
> know at the time how to get to it. That's especially a
> difficulty if one is not in control of the format of
> the data source.

A more frequent problem seems to be that the data -- when it
is acquired -- turns out to be some gibberish with pointy
brackets that the client has automagically concocted under
the mistaken belief that adding pointy brackets makes it XML.
That certainly *is* a problem, but it's separate from any
difficulty with actually getting hold of the data.

///Peter



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