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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Dan York <dan_york@mitel.com> wrote: > > ... using SGML ... INCLUDE/IGNORE marked sectons. ... Although there are > > techniques for achieving this with XML (by hacking XSLT code to evaluate > > element attribtues) I believe that the SGML feature is safer and > > preferable. > > As a replacement for this functionality, I would suggest you take a look > at the "profiling" that has been included in the last several releases > of the XSLT stylesheets. It is specificallyt this that I critised above. I beleive that "profiling" obviates that fundamental SGML principle of obfuscation; something that sadly the XML crew seem to have forgotten. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! Details at http://www.fdp.org.uk/ -- <>< Re: deemed!
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