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 Maybe Claudio need to transform XML data island embedded in HTML files. Be warned, however, that this approach *is* proprietary ... pioneered at MS and implemented in no one else's browser.... Claudio, it might also help to see that in the three approaches mentioned so far: batch transform server-side (dynamic) transform client-side transform the underlying architecture is the same. XML --> transform --> formatted output (HTML, PDF, whatever) The differences are in *where* and *when* the middle piece happens. A batch model (do all the processing on your home system ahead of time; all the world sees a traditional HTML site) is the most "primitive" but most stable, dependable and scalable. Server-side solutions are more and more available, work quite well, and can support some kinds of interaction impossible in the batch model; but they do require special software on the server. (In the batch model you run your transformations outside of the web server, as David has described.) Client-side solutions are appealing in theory, but slow to materialize in the market, especially in a browser-independent form -- partly because they require special software on the client. XML "data islands" use quite a different architecture ... they wrap a client-side transform in a JScript/VB scripted HTML package, and deliver that. They work only in MSIE (to my knowledge). It's a pity we didn't rename this thread. How will we ever find it? Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list 
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