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Thanks Michael I suppose my question would now be, what advantage does XML/XSL have over an XML (or tab separated list) and a Perl script in this example. Thanks Andy On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 12:45 +0000, Michael Kay wrote: > XSLT can handle this without any problems, though you do need a driver > application of some kind to handle the returned form. > > The display side is bread-and-buffer for XSLT, no problems here at > all. > > On the editing side, there are two minor complications: > > (a) you will need a server-side script of some kind to handle the > posted > request, extract the parameters, and invoke an XSLT transformation > > (b) XSLT works by modifying the old version of the XML to create a > complete > new version. This may be inefficient if the file is very large and you > are > only changing one value; and you will also need to think about how to > manage > the files as they change (for example, do you need to keep the old > copy as a > backup, and if so, for how long). > > However, neither of these is a serious obstacle. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Ford [mailto:andy.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 06 December 2004 11:30 > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: XML/XSLT reading > > > > Thanks Michael > > > > I am putting together a language file/xml tree that will > > allow a user to > > read a site in French (FR), English (EN) etc etc. I > > originally had it as > > a tab separated list that was read in by Perl, and then decided to > > change it to XML and get XSL to do the formatting. > > Languages that have no value for the element will default to > > English for > > the user. > > > > So, on one part of the site, the user will select his/her language > to > > use. This is then written to a user specific config. I would need > the > > XSL file to read in the config file to know which language to > display > > (alonside the English version) in the languages file i.e. If they > have > > chosen French, use XSL to format the XML file to display the > > English and > > then the French alongside so they can alter the French version of > that > > word/phrase to display on the site. This is a simple process > > in Perl but > > I need to understand XML/XSLT to determine whether It can be of use > in > > this example. > > > > The XML tree structure is this ... > > > > <languages> > > <script>GLOBAL > > <var>CHOOSE_A_LANGUAGE > > <string lang='EN'>Please choose a language</string> > > <string lang='ES'>Elija un idioma por favor</string> > > <string lang='FI'>Valitse kieli</string> > > <string lang='IT'>Per favore, scegli una lingua</string> > > <string lang='NL'>Selecteer een taal</string> > > <string lang='PT'>Escolha um idioma</string> > > <string lang='FR'></string> > > <string lang='NO'></string> > > </var> > > <var>GOLD > > <string lang ='DE'></string> > > <string lang ='DK'></string> > > <string lang ='EN'>Gold</string> > > <string lang ='ES'></string> > > <string lang ='FI'></string> > > <string lang ='FR'>Or</string> > > <string lang ='IT'></string> > > <string lang ='NL'></string> > > <string lang ='NO'></string> > > <string lang ='PT'></string> > > <string lang ='SE'></string> > > </var> > > </script> > > </languages> > > > > So reitterating on what I have above, the user would see > > something like > > this ... > > > > CHOOSE_A_LANGUAGE > > EN: Please choose a language > > FR: [ ] > > > > GOLD > > EN: Gold > > FR: [Or ] > > > > [Submit changes button] > > > > And update the XML file with the French version when they > > enter the text > > and click on the 'Submit button' > > > > I undertand now that I will need another script to post the data to > so > > it can modify the XML file (apparently XSL can't do this directly!) > > > > What do you suggest? > > > > Thanks for listening > > > > Andy > > > > perl -e "print qq^bIG VeRN ! ^^qq^#'#Yv#=<D+ ^" > > > > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:16 +0000, Michael Kay wrote: > > > > Can anyone provide me with some useful URLs so I can read up > > > > on how and where XML and XSL is used ( in the real world ). > > > > > > You'll find any number of pieces giving a local perspective on > this, > > > but I'm > > > not aware of anything that you'll find useful to address > > the question > > > below. > > > > > > > I have a very specific > > > > use which I am now implementing in Perl as I can't see a > > > > valid reason to use XML/XSL. > > > > > > I can think of many problems that would be better programmed in > Perl > > > than in > > > XSLT, so this shouldn't be a worry. But you wouldn't be posting > here > > > unless > > > you were uncertain of your decision. So explain it here, > > and let's see > > > if > > > other people agree with your choice. > > > > > > Michael Kay > > > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the > > intended recipient only. If misdirected, please notify us by > > telephone and confirm that it has been deleted from your > > system and any copies destroyed. If you are not the intended > > recipient you are strictly prohibited from using, printing, > > copying, distributing or disseminating this e-mail or any > > information contained in it. We use reasonable endeavours to > > virus scan all e-mails leaving the Company but no warranty is > > given that this e-mail and any attachments are virus free. > > You should undertake your own virus checking. The right to > > monitor e-mail communications through our network is reserved by us. > > > -- perl -e "print qq^bIG VeRN ! ^^qq^#'#Yv#=<D+ ^"
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