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RE: XSLT Documentation (Was: RE: How is this part of the XSLT specification to be interpreted?)
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: XSLT Documentation (Was: RE: How is this part of the XSLT specification to be interpreted?)
- From: "Pawson, David" <DPawson at rnib dot org dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:21:58 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
>1. a schema for documenting XSLT (XSLTDocML, for sake of argument)
>There must be code-documenting mark-up languages out there
>already that we
>could adapt if necessary. Anyone know of any?
yes.... but IMHO xslt is an oddball.
Off the top of my head *some* of the key things to know about a stylesheet
might be.
1.
prime purpose of a simple template
e.g. Transforms element x into y/z
2. Exception processing
source document element a is processed within template for
element b because....
3. Use of global variables.
E.g. variable $root holds the content of document(....)
4. Interpretation of any special select patterns.
E.g. this template selects all list items and does x.
5. ??
Anyone like to add / amend?
Regards, DaveP
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