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RE: xml-stylesheet p.i. and other options (was Re: text/xsl...)
- From: "Chris Bayes" <chris at bayes dot co dot uk>
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- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:32:11 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] xml-stylesheet p.i. and other options (was Re: text/xsl...)
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Wendell,
That is what this is for
http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml/index.xml?/xml/utils/multiple.xml
You can try it by clicking the MSS Aware button in the top right corner.
I have a FAQ http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect4/N9068.html#d269e15 on
cross browser pi's
Ciao Chris
XML/XSL Portal
http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml
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> Wendell Piez
> Sent: 24 June 2002 18:17
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> Subject: Re: [xsl] xml-stylesheet p.i. and other options (was
> Re: text/xsl...)
>
>
> David, Mike Brown and all,
>
> Thanks for letting us peek into your thinking on this a bit.
>
> In principle, the xml-stylesheet PI seems to me a fairly inoffensive
> beastie. If in implementation it's less than perfect, still
> it's a PI,
> which a client can freely ignore.
>
> I would like, however, some means of allowing the user a choice,
> client-side. Leaving aside Mike's wish-list (parameter passing;
> predesignating given stylesheets for given classes of users,
> etc. etc.),
> even this would be a big step to taking XML past the point of being
> just-another-rendering-format (with extra overhead, no less).
> I don't mind
> using PIs for this (Mike says "I just don't see
> why it's a good idea to embed pointers to application
> business logic in the
> middle of an inert data document", but that's what PIs are
> for, ain't it?).
>
> Having two or more PIs, for example, which the browser could
> then provide a
> means to select between. The syntax at
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet/
> does describe
> "alternate" and "title" pseudo-attributes that could be used
> to support this. Is this just something neither major browser has
> implemented, or am I missing something? (I suppose it'd be
> simple enough to
> try.) An indirection mechanism to a proper catalog-type thing
> would be good
> too (really good); but I'm willing to get one thing at a time.
>
> Chris writes:
> >There is nothing stopping you having 20 xml-stylesheets if
> you want all
> >with different media types.
>
> But I'd like the same media type, and be able to switch
> between them with a
> pull-down or button. Nothing that fancy (don't need parameter
> passing just
> yet); just something browser-neutral that lets me show two or more
> different views.
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell
>
> At 05:16 PM 6/23/2002, David wrote:
> >It seems to me that the xml-stylesheet pi embodies the main
> use case for
> >which XML was developed....
>
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