Re: [xsl] Why XSLT?

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>]

Hello Ranjith,

you mixed some terms, standards, etc.

At first there is XML - it's a file description language. Such an XML file 
must be parsed, which is the job e.g. of Xerces (it's only a parser). This 
parsed XML can be processed via a stylesheet (whether you name it XSL or 
XSLT is almost equal). This is the job of a transformer, e.g. XT or Xalan. 
So your xsl file must be in the XSLT standard to be processed with a 
standard conform processor/transformer.

Joerg

Ranjith Kodikara wrote:

> You can parse an xml file with an xsl file and can generate an html document
> using Xerces or XT. Then I wonder why these people introduced Xalan. Please
> someone clarify me what are the advantages having XSLT and Xalan?
>
> I would be grateful if someone can show me a case study which have been done
> using XSLT.. send me a web link of a case study..
>
> Forgive me. I am a beginner.
> -Ranjith
> ranjith@dmsswt.com

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