Yes, if the XSLT processor supports http URLs at all (most do but it's not
mandatory), then any http URL should work. It's probably best to avoid
fragment identifiers (uri#fragment), however.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roger L.
> Costello
> Sent: 09 May 2002 13:39
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: paul@xxxxxxxxxxx; costello@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Stylesheet accessing dynamically generated XML
> documents?
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> As we know the document() function may be used to access
> additional XML
> documents.
>
> On the internet there are documents that are static and we
> may access them
> by giving the URL plus filename, e.g.,
>
> http://www.xfront.com/foo.xml
>
> The XSLT document() function can easily access such documents:
>
> document('http://www.xfront.com/foo.xml')
>
> Oftentimes on the internet documents are dynamically generate
> (by a GCG
> script, a Java servlet, etc).  For example, this invocation
> may result in
> serving up an XML document:
>
> http://www.xfront.com/servlet/getXML
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. Can I pass to the document() function a URL of a web site that
> dynamically generates XML, e.g.,
>
>     document('http://www.xfront.com/servlet/getXML')
>
> 2. Extending upon 1, can I additionally pass arguments to the
> Web site,
> e.g.,
>
>      document('http://www.xfront.com/servlet/getXML?arg1=a&arg2=b')
>
> This would be most cool if this could be done, and would be
> in line with
> the stuff that Paul Prescod is talking about in the REST discussions.
> /Roger
>
>
>
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