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Subject: RE: Netscape Support for XSL - client vs server rant From: "Mabry, F. DR EECS" <df6954@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:58:54 -0400 |
There will always be someone whose ability to render locally is exceeded by the xml/xsl combination that might be sent down the wire to them. We already recognize that by way of the http information sent with post and/or get (what types of responses the client can handle). The beauty of the xml/xsl is that somewhere earlier than that underpowered client some middle-iron system can do a client sensitive transform to render a form that the ultimate client can use. Consider the sales representative using a cell phone to access client information. When he/she is using a cell phone, some place in the middle-iron the material is transformed to meet the limitations of the form factor of the cell phone display. When the sales representative gets to the motel room in the evening and pulls out a laptop the rendering can be done on edge-most client (the laptop) and the middle-iron/ware level transform is unnecessary. Where the transform occurs has no single "best" or "right" answer. Transformation locale is (and will probably be for some time to come) a matter of circumstance and preference. In some respects I am reminded that this aspect of the future use of XSLT is a lot like sausage: if you like it, you really don't want to know how it is made. Frank Dr. Frank Mabry Dept. of EE&CS, U.S. Military Academy West Point, NY 10996 email: df6954@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: (914) 938-2960 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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