>Why would XSL stylesheets need to do input/output? Their input is the
>element tree (not a file) and the output should be a node tree (not a
>file).


You may need to be able to input from a local source because the input
message may contain a value, such as a supplier number or catalogue number,
for which displayable text needs to be taken from a local database.

You may need to be able to output to a local database to create a local
record of a message sent to a server when processing an XML/XSL form.

Martin Bryan


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