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Dear Didier,
At 06:44 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: Thanks for the pointer to an XSLT environment implemented in Python, I'll check that. 4Suite is built and shared by a bunch of smart guys. (Led by Uche Ogbuji whom you probably know, if only by reputation. They also have Mike Brown, who got an appreciative mention on this list a couple of days ago.) I searched in cocoon documentation how to pass parameters without too much success. There is probably a need for a book about cocoon Wendell ;-) No doubt. My impression (again, my knowledge may be dated) is likewise that the books presently available aren't current with the toolkit, which continues to evolve at speed. When I've had such questions I've often had to dig in the docs, use the search engines, or if I'm really stuck, to ask on the relevant support list. Anyway, I found a potential answer by googling. The following list message mention a way to do it (ref: http://www.xslt.com/html/xsl-list/2005-11/msg00816.html ) I will investigate this potential solution. If what you're asking for is browser-sniffing capability, so you can send XML and XSLT to some browsers, but an HTML result of a transform to another, yes Cocoon does have that: http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/browser-selector.html Not claiming expertise in this particular area (hey I make my living by knowing what I don't know), however, I can't say whether this capability is quite up to the job of the process partitioning you have described. The devil is always in the details, and for all I know there may be some pesky requirement you have that is not addressed by this feature. Superficial impressions, however, would suggest that this would give you at least some leverage for your approach (B), as described below, particularly as you allow for partitioning "on the basis of ... pre-defined server side profiles of client capabilities". As for 4Suite (the Python application), as I said they're helpful and smart, and if you ask on that list you're bound to get a principled and well-informed reply on how they recommend doing it and what special issues with it they recognize. I hope other contributors to the list can help answer your question. If MDP is reading he'll probably confirm for us that your requirement can be addressed on .NET. In general, however, expertise on the full range of XML/XSLT server-side solutions is going to be hard to come by in one place -- many of us know something about one, two or three environments, but haven't done the research for detailed feature comparisons between all of them. Plus, the experts on this may not be reading this list, as their level of XSL-mastery is such that it's a long slog to learn anything new, so there's no point in it unless they want to help the newcomers. Plus they have more than enough to keep them busy in their local communities. Ask on the 4Suite or Cocoon support lists, or those of other server frameworks (their name is Legion) and you'll be sure to get more authoritative answers. Cheers, Wendell My remaining question would now be: Do any of you know an environment able to partition the XSLT process on the client or the server on the basis of the client capabilities or on the basis of any pre-defined server side profiles of client capabilities. ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
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