Re: [xsl] XSL-T to map a D(A)G

[james anderson <james dot anderson at setf dot de>]

one alternative is to use an existing grapher. one possibility is the
graphviz package. the generators for ".dot"-encoded graphs of DTD and
XML included in cl-xml were not complicated. the only issues are to
generate unique node names and identify the root. graphviz the rest of
the work. (see www.cl-xml.org and www.graphviz.org)

Mark Nahabedian wrote:
> 
> Goetz Bock writes:
> [...]
>  > I know that such a mapping is not easy and  due to the scructur of the
>  > XML it is possible to created the strangest graphs :-(
>  > But I'd be happy just do map a DAG, ignorring all the backward
>  > references.
>  >
>  > I don't need this immediatly, because this functionality will only be
>  > the suggar for my current project.
>  > Anyway, has anyone ever written a D(A)G mapper in XSL-T?
>  > Or should I just forget XSL-T for this and use a "real" programming
>  > language.
> 
> The hardest part of your problem is an algorithmic one, not a
> programming one.  How does one decide where to place the nodes of the
> graph.
>

 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list