Subject: RE: Does the html <link> tag work with xsl?
From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:38:27 +0300
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Hi,
> I have a simple question regarding the use of xsl WITH XHTML
> to which I have
> been unable to find the answer, and it is this:
>
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> | Can I apply an xsl stylesheet to (x)html |
> | on the client-side *USING THE HTML <LINK> TAG*? |
> +-------------------------------------------------+
No. Well, of course some browser might support
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/xslt+xml" href="foo.xsl"/>
etc. but I don't know of any.
> For example: In 'somepage.html' (an xhtml document) I can
> apply (relatively
> trivial) formatting using css via the link tag:
>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
> href="simpleFormatting.css" />
>
> I wish, however, to apply the full power of xsl (eg:
> inserting icons next to
> headings), but
> - *without* having to rename the file to 'somepage.xml'
Tweak the server setting to use a different MIME-type for *.html documents in that directory.
> - *without* using the <?xsl:stylesheet...?> processing instruction
What's wrong with it? (Other than that is should be "xml-stylesheet", not "xsl:stylesheet").
> Moreover, wishing to combine both css and xsl formatting, I
> would like to
> thus format 'somepage.html' through the following header:
>
> <?xml version="1.1"?>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>XHTML Page with headings: blue (css)
> with right-aligned icons
> (xsl)</title>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/xml"
> href="powerfulFormatting.xsl" />
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
> href="simpleFormatting.css" />
> </head>
> ...
>
> In my browser (IE6) this doesn't seem to work. I see there is
Last I check, MSXML doesn't support XML 1.1.
> a question of
> mime type (text/xsl vs. text/xml) between different browsers,
> but neither
> works for me.
Use the
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="powerfulFormatting.xsl"?>
Cheers,
Jarno - Colony 5: Follow your Heart (Hyperheart)
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