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Josef Dietl wrote:
>A long, long time ago somthing like this was already in the making. I've
>occasionally tried to chase it, but the only "living trace" that I'm aware of
>is an ancient submission to the W3C: Simple Tree Transformation Sheets. Have a
>look at http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-STTS3
>
Thanks, I will take a look at it definitely.
>
>
>The thing originates in CSS concepts and, obviously, uses CSS syntax - but
>that should be easiest to fix.
>
>What I would mostly hope is that the whole thing gets closer to a general tree-
>to-tree transformation language than the current darling XSL-T.
>("gets closer to" = acknowledgement of the limitations of stream-processing...)
>
>Now that I think of it: would it be possible to create a general purpose tree-
>to-tree language that has "streamable" components such that a simple processor
>like a validator can distinguish "streamable" transformation definitions
>from "non-streamable" ones? Maybe by means of using XML Schema to define the
>language ans choosing different root elements for the one or the other?
>
It could be interesting to look for a way to combine different
transformation mechanisms in one framework. I'm sure there are
frameworks already claiming this, though some of these mechanisms are
likely proprietary.
Petr
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Petr Cimprich
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