Thanks for your reply. I looked at cocoon's .xsp files with <esql:..> tags, and now I'm thinking how to implement the same with perl. I.e. I'd like to be able to use some kind of logic (like <xsp:logic>) to fetch and manipulate the data in XML before applying style to it.

I'm thinking about some mix of Text::Template module (I used it some time ago) and XML templates. May be I'm re-inventing the wheel? May be some sort of XML::Template module exists?

Basically, I'd like it to be standalone. I do not want any specific environment, like modperl. Do I want too much? :)

--dda