December 8, 2004

Mike Kay on benefits of using XML syntax for XSLT

Here is a really nice wrap up by Mike Kay on what benefits XSLT gets from using XML syntax: I think the benefits are: (a) many stylesheets consist of two-thirds data to be copied into the result tree, and one-third instructions to extract data from the source document. An XML-based ...

Jerusalem - satellite view

Cool new image from the NASA Earth Observatory - satellite view of the Jerualem city and area. ...

December 6, 2004

Understanding XSLT project starts on Monday

m.david starts his new project on Monday - sort of community XSLT learning using wonderful "Beginning XSLT" book by Jeni Tennison Anyone and everyone is welcome to join in this effort to become better XSLT programmers. While I intend to do all I can to keep things moving forward throughout ...

December 5, 2004

Quotes of the day

I arrived at work and found 200+ new posts in xml-dev list. Lovely. XML is still extra hot topic. Here are some nice quotes: For my money, XQuery is a heroic effort by a bunch of incredibly smart people which is crippled - we don't know how seriously - by ...

Client-side: XSLT is coming

As another non-obvious outcome of the recent browser war wave and the raise of Firefox browser is growing appreciation of XSLT as a useful client-side Web technology. That "An Introduction to Client-Side XSLT: It's Not Just for Server Geeks Anymore" article at digital-web.com is making me believe XSLT is finally ...