in reply to Why XSLT and not just Perl?

You can do client-side XSLT transformation with Mozilla and IE6. All it needs is the web server setup up to correctly identify the mime types.

It's great for shifting the burden of reporting to the client. Just punt them the XML, pointing to the desired report XSLT, and let their browser get on with it.

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Re: Re: Why XSLT and not just Perl?
by diotalevi (Canon) on Jun 16, 2003 at 22:05 UTC

    Assuming you want to place such a restrictive versioning burdon on your web clients. I'd consider doing this sort of thing on a company intranet, I'd never do this for anything externally facing.

      Never say never...

      Nevermind that, eventually, most browsers will support it... for the ones that don't indicate that they can Accept the right media types, you can always do server side XSLT processing.

      I think Willard B. Trophy hit the nail on the head with his reply.

      -sauoq
      "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";