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Subject: RE: Style Matters - A class act From: "Vun Kannon, David" <dvunkannon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:17:44 -0500 |
My first response is that if Didier found it important enough to write about, I found it important enough to respond to. ;-p I think there has been quite a frothy debate on this list, at times, about the importance of being able to tie back to the source from a presentation. The particular use of this functionality that I described was a desktop application in which the GUI presentation was tied to an XML archival (File/Save) format. A number of applications are almost in this position today and the next generation certainly will be. UML modeling tools such as Rational Rose (only an example) could save to XMI as their native file format. In such an instance, you are correct that the user only sees the GUI, but the application itself has to keep track of both node trees (assume the GUI was SVG for argument's sake), map back changes from the GUI to the source, and then style forward to keep the two in sync with each other. Many other kinds of desktop productivity apps are amenable to the same argument, word processors, spreadsheets, CAD tools, network management consoles, etc. XML vocabularies will creep in on little cat feet, from File/Save As to File/Save, when developers realize there is little point and much cost in supporting two file formats, an interoperable transfer syntax built on XML standards, and a crufty old proprietary format that is held together by baling wire and chewing gum. -----Original Message----- From: Pawson, David [mailto:DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 2:17 AM To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Style Matters - A class act Vun Kannon, David presents a solid mechanism to 'link back' from target to source. Simple question: Why? In todays usage, certainly from this list, it would appear that users aren't presenting two documents to the reader, source and target, simply the intended readable version. Regards, DaveP XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list ***************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. ***************************************************************************** XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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