Re: extracting content from html

> Thus, on the whole, it's inadvisable to rely on the vagaries of the
> collective ng consciousness, but rather, to provide sample input and sample
> wanted output.  You'll then likely get much help from the many
> knowledgeable, helpful participants here.

I believe a similar in meaning text is included in the official
guidelines for this mailing list
And this is what makes XSLT different from fiction.


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev



On 5/12/05, Aron Bock <aronbock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Aaron, from my brief sojourn on this ng, it seems its participants act
> somewhat like the editors of the "weddings" section of the Sunday NY Times:
> oftentimes weddings that you'd be *sure* would make the section, don't,
> while obscure ones do.  Likewise, sometimes people post what they assume
are
> clear, descriptive questions and are summarily asked to elaborate, while
> others post what barely qualifies as a half-formulated question and get a
> torrent of responses, some even with generously made-up data :-)
>
> I believe Heisenberg (he of the uncertainty principle) pushed through a 2
> page thesis for his doctorate.  The rest of us may need to be more
> expansive.
>
> Thus, on the whole, it's inadvisable to rely on the vagaries of the
> collective ng consciousness, but rather, to provide sample input and sample
> wanted output.  You'll then likely get much help from the many
> knowledgeable, helpful participants here.
>
> Regards,
>
> --A
>
> >From: Aaron Johnson <Aaron2.Johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject:  extracting content from html
> >Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:20:04 +0100
> >
> >
> >Hello...
> >
> >I have an html document that I want to do jobs.
> >
> >Firstly...
> >
> >I'd like it to be a stand alone document that people can browse to.
> >
> >Secondly...
> >
> >I'd like to extract content from the document to populate a page in a
> >portal using xslt.
> >
> >Being xhtml, the document counts as well formed xml so it should in
> >theory be possible...
> >
> >...I have no idea where to start!
> >
> >Can anyone make any suggestions please?
> >
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