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Re: Is XSLT the right name?
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Is XSLT the right name?
- From: Uche Ogbuji <uche dot ogbuji at fourthought dot com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:55:58 -0700
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> | As I consider the tasks I perform using XSL and XSLT, I don't think of them
> | as "stylesheet" tasks. I think of them as "transformation" tasks. XTL
> | seems like a better name. Does anyone else trip over the S?
>
> The XSLT 1.0 spec allows you do use <xsl:transform>
> as a synonym of <xsl:stylesheet> to cater to folks like you :-)
And me. I've long since made it a practice of shunning "xsl:stylesheet", and
I've encouraged users to use "xsl:transform" in some of my articles.
Naming is very important, and the "xsl:stylesheet" artifact is somewhat of a
blister.
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Uche Ogbuji Principal Consultant
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