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Re: SGML vs XML
- From: Trevor Jenkins <trevor dot jenkins at suneidesis dot com>
- To: Dan York <dan_york at mitel dot com>
- Cc: DocBook applications <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 16:39:55 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Dan York <dan_york@mitel.com> wrote:
> > ... using SGML ... INCLUDE/IGNORE marked sectons. ... Although there are
> > techniques for achieving this with XML (by hacking XSLT code to evaluate
> > element attribtues) I believe that the SGML feature is safer and
> > preferable.
>
> As a replacement for this functionality, I would suggest you take a look
> at the "profiling" that has been included in the last several releases
> of the XSLT stylesheets.
It is specificallyt this that I critised above. I beleive that "profiling"
obviates that fundamental SGML principle of obfuscation; something that
sadly the XML crew seem to have forgotten.
Regards, Trevor
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