On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jeremy Wadsack wrote: > > Per Jessen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:33 PM): > > > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:43:05 +0000 (GMT), Stephen Turner wrote: > >>Seconded. What we really need is a customizable output format. Last time I > >>tried to add a new output format it was really horrific, and it's not > >>something I want to repeat in a hurry. It really needs a whole new system so > >>that other people can write output formats for XHTML, or PDF, or Bob's word > >>processor format, without editing the source code. Maybe some sort of > >>templates, or something like the language files, or whatever. But this > >>appears to be very difficult in practice -- even the existing formats are > >>sufficiently different that they would all need special cases. > > > I would propose producing XML-only output, for subsequent processing using > > XSLT to produce output. > > I did look at this for a while, but decided such a change was more than > > I really wanted to take on. Initially I was more concerned with keeping > > changes to a minimum - whereas producing XML-output only, to be followed > > by XSLT and all that that brings along, was more of a rewrite than a > > mere patch. > > > Without(!) having looked at this in any detail, might going for XHTML be a > > minor step on the way ? > > XML is only a data language. It still requires a DTD that includes all > the necessary details. XHTML in much richer because it includes all > the layout data. I don't think generating XHTML is really a step > towards XML. Although it may simplfy the HTML output (although I doubt > by much), it is not the same elements that would be used in XML.
I would differ with you here. XHTML, being a subset of XML, is naturally not as rich as XML. In addition, I don't think you'd want the XHTML to contain the layout data, wouldn't you use CSS for this? I really love the idea of an XML output option. That would allow the capability to produce standard Analog output, import the data into a database, etc, produce SVG charts through XSLT, etc. Sincerely, W. Jeffrey Rankin Lead Web Application Developer O'NEIL & ASSOCIATES, INC. <http://www.oneil.com> 495 Byers Rd. Miamisburg, Ohio 45342-3662 Phone: (937) 865-0800 ext. 3504 Fax: (937) 865-5858 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@lists.isite.net/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
