ExtensibleStylesheetLanguage
Last edit April 4, 2006
ExtensibleStylesheetLanguage
(XSL) has these related components,
XsltLanguage
,
XpathLanguage
and
XslFormattingObjects
. See
http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/
for the 2001 rectified standard.
Taken from Dexx
http://www.devx.com/getHelpOn/10MinuteSolution/20353
and other sources
The
XsltLanguage
spec predates that of the superset
ExtensibleStylesheetLanguage
by two years
ExtensibleStylesheetLanguage
is focussed on document-centric transformation, whereas
XsltLanguage
is data centric transformation.
XpathLanguage
is very well popular (second after
ExtensibleMarkupLanguage
) within the Xml
Community, as it is entwined with the
XsltLanguage
.
XslFormattingObjects
is a relatively new and obscure page description language. It may yet find its niche in fulfilling needs to create printed information on the fly.
There had been controversies surrounding the creation of XSL even within the XML community. The debate has been, and still is, that
CascadingStyleSheets
(CSS) would have sufficed for formatting Xml documents designated for web servers.
The debate
Pro:
http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/1999/04/holman/xsl.html
Con:
http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/1999/05/xsl/xslconsidered_1.html
What is a set of good articles, pro and con that reflected 2006 views?
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