Hi Bernhard,
Know any URL's for XML/XSL/CSS tutorials ?
TIA
Vasudev
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernhard Herzog [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 6:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Anyone using XML and XSL?
>
> Hello David!
>
> > A bit of a vague enquiry...
> >
> > Is anyone our there using XML and XSL to generate their
> > output from their servlets?
> >
> > If so, do you have any comments, experiences or just general
> > advice to share on the topic?
>
> I am heavily using XML and XSL.
>
> Comment:
> It is great. Using XSL I do not have to code conversion
> code. Instead I need only write some rules and these will
> generate the output. And I have a very good separation of
> data from presentation. I can easily swap the XSL file to
> create different presentations.
>
> > Any discussion as to the pro's and con's of this approach?...
>
> Drawbacks:
> Sending plain XML to the client will only work if the client
> is IE5 (right now). XSL has not become a W3C recommendation
> yet (only XSLT), so if you use an XSL processor from one
> vendor you cannot easily switch to another vendor.
>
> I create HTML from XML using XSL at the server. So the client
> can be both Netscape and IE and I can do some caching at the
> server. I use CSS to format the output.
>
> Regards
> Bernhard
>
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