Subject: Re: stylesheets for stylesheets (was Re: Swapping table rows and columns) From: "Oren Ben-Kiki" <oren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:08:15 +0200 |
James Tauber <jtauber@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >What they should do is write Knuthian WEB-like XML document that, upon >application of one stylesheet, produces the desired stylesheet and upon >application of another stylesheet produces documentation of that stylesheet. I wonder how applicable that would be outside of writing XSL stylesheets - that is, using XML/XSL as a basis for a general "literate programming" environment. Current literate programming systems maintain what is essentially a set of documents with markups, which they transform in various ways; switching to XML/XSL might have advantages, especially if/when XML "databases" become popular. I like the notion of a common DTD for literate programming systems, which would allow a "components" market - and using XPointer/XLink for cross references would be very nice, and map well to browsers - and being able to generate all sorts of reports - and supporting multiple output formats, including HTML/JavaScript combinations for intelligent viewing of the system in a browser - OK, it seems like a good idea overall, but there would be tons of work involved. I'm also posting this to comp.programming.literate, they'd probably be interested in the notion. Maybe one of the implementers of an existing system would consider making the switch to XML. I wish I had the time to investigate this on my own... Share & Enjoy, Oren Ben-Kiki XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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