RE: Conditionally use attribute sets?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx 

> I think the good use for attribute sets is in non-conditional 
> settings. I 
> use them to define styles for FO documents (by keeping them 
> in a separate 
> file that I include for many documents).


Quite the same here.  I find the inheritance mechanism of attribute-sets to
be quite handy.  For FO applications, one often builds large collections of
attribute-sets that inherit from one another: body styles inherit font
sizes, etc. so that changes at a granular level can cascade throughout many
defined styles.  One may use import precedence of the stylesheets within
which the sets are defined as a very clean mechanism for localization and
customization.  Less-skilled users may make modifications to reports; yet
one only exposes those sets of properties one chooses to make configurable.
New application level styles can be propagated without trodding upon local
resets.

A web presentation layer can benefit in a similar fashion from such
treatment.

Mike


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Mike Haarman,
XSL Developer,
Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.