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Re: Cascading. ( Re: Recursive Template Application )
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- Subject: Re: Cascading. ( Re: Recursive Template Application )
- From: Matt Sergeant <matt at sergeant dot org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:33:53 +0100 (BST)
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Paul Tchistopolskii wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Sergeant
>
> > > > Actually there is a standard way, but its outside the realm of XSLT and
> > > > inside the realm of XML. Its called "cascading" and is detailed in the
> > > > HTML 4.0 spec, and referenced explicitly in
> > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet
>
> I'm sorry, I failed to find the word 'cascading' in the URL you are providing.
> (funny that, eh?)
Not very funny at all - you just didn't look hard enough ;-)
The concept of cascading is detailed in _the_HTML_4.0_spec_. The HTML 4.0
spec is "referenced explicitly in
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet". Does that make sense now?
> > > ... or you may just invoke Ux in command line mode, instead of invoking
> > > XT itself.
> > >
> > > ux "transformation_1.xsl | transformation_2.xsl | transformation_n.xsl "
> >
> > That is not the same thing - this does not use the w3c ratified technique
> > for cascading styling - like most other XSLT stylers, this uses a custom
> > non-ratified, non-standard technique for cascading.
>
> It is good you have a standard technique to support some typical
> usecases, like:
>
> "cat some.xml | aggregate.xsl | expand_widgets.xsl | render2pdf.xsl | render.class "
>
> and
>
> "cat some.xml | aggregate.xsl | expand_widgets.xsl | render2html.xsl "
>
> Mind to share how to do that with AxKit powered by appropriate w3c
> standard technique for cascading ?
Sure:
"cat some.xml"
The "cat" here picks up the stylesheets that are to be used from the
<?xml-stylesheet?> processing instructions, as per the w3c spec.
>
> I'm sorry if it was not appropriate to place this view on chaining
> in reply to your letter ( because I now realize that your leter was
> actualy talking about the standards which are good for us, right ? )
Right. I'm not trying to flog AxKit to everyone here - most people will
prefer a Java solution anyway (poor lost souls ;-)), just trying to point
out that there is a standard for cascading that applies to XSLT.
>
> Poor me, who is now using document( "!/ ls | sort | verbose") in almost
> every XSLT stylesheet .... It is not standard....
Indeed - I'm amazed it even works ;-)
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