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RE: XSL queries
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:39:39 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL queries
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> We're planning on receiving XML data and transforming it
> to delimited
> format and have seen how we can do this using XSL and
> XSLT. We'd like
> to ease the creation of XSL files by using an off the
> shelf GUI. Any
> ideas of what we should be looking at bearing in mind we'd like to
> create delimited files as the output.
There are a few tools around now that act as visual development environments
for XSLT. They vary in capabilities and approach. Take a look at
www.xmlsoftware.com.
> When receiving XML data in we need to find a way of validating it.
> Initially we're looking at just validating data types (character,
> integer, decimal, etc. is this possible using XSL? If it
> is, how would
> we be able to assign error codes to validations that fail?
You can do validation using XSLT: just regard it as a transformation from a
source document to an error document. For a sophisticated approach, look at
schematron.
> We're also planning on taking delimited output and
> creating XML, does
> XSL and XSLT cater for this?
>
If the input isn't XML, then the first step is to turn it into XML. A simple
Perl script may be the best approach. Once it's in XML, use XSLT to get it
into the structure you want to use.
Mike Kay
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