Re: [xsl] efficient XML & XSL -> HTML solution

[Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril dot ie>]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I need an efficient solution for putting together XML & XSL
> and serving it out as HTML. It seems like the most efficient
> way would be to generate static HTML from the XML & XSL
> and then serve it out from my Web Server. Or I could use
> mod_xslt for Apache or Cocoon to put these together dynamically
> (i.e. just before the page is served out).

I've been using Cocoon for a while and I'm _very_ pleased with
it. I can concentrate on writing doc and not have to worry about
the serving.

> Since I don't need to put them together dynamically, I'm reluctant
> to do this. On the other hand it would be nice not to have
> to generate the html every time the XML or XSL changes.
> Has anyone tried mod_xslt ? How efficient is it (compared to
> serving straight HTML) ? Does it use caching to speed things
> up (perhaps check the timestamp on the XML & XSL files instead
> of blindly generating the HTML for every request) ?

Yes, it caches the generated HTML so that frequently-requested
URL don't have to be reconverted every time. I don't know how
big the default cache is, though, nor what the persistence is
(my use of it is not at production levels).

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