Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> XML may have very important uses in the publishing field, depending.
> Many publishers were hoping that SGML/DSSSL would be a useable common
> format, but it turned out to be too complicated for editors to encompass
> ... these folks are not programmers, so DSSSL could not address those
> people for which it had ben invented.

I work with publishers alot and I don't know of *any* that consider
XML/SGML stylesheet development (DSSSL or otherwise) to be the role of an
*editor*.

> I think XSL is at the edge of being too complicated, but on the right
> side at the moment.  Don't let that part grow, add instead things like
> JSP.

I think that XSL is well beyond the average end-user's abilities. Yes, it
is a little easier than DSSSL and a lot easier than Javascript+DOM+XQL
library. But it still isn't *easy*.

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