Perhaps I am missing something here, but is there any benefit in using the
browser to style XML, I mean a benefit than cannot be had by simply
transforming it to HTML on the server side, and then sending it to the
browser?

I find it hard be believe that many users use IE 6.0 or Netscape
6.1 or 6.2. Also, if a large stylesheet has be sent along with the file
each time a finding aid is viewed, that could possibly affect loading times
(which is already a problem for large EAD Files); eadcbs2 is a 174 KB file
which adds quite a bit of time on a modem connection.



Chris Prom
Assistant University Archivist
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Chuck Patch wrote:

> That Netscape uses the current namespace spec is enlightening to me, at
> least. I have Navigator 6.2, and using the eadcb2.xsl stylesheet in the
> cookbook, which uses tables to create a frame-like appearance, I am able to
> get *something* resembling the style, but the table rendering is essentially
> non-existent, as Navigator appears to devote 100 percent of it's viewable
> area to each column in the table. Does anyone have any insight into this?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMAN SINGH [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Style sheets
>
>
> Netscape Navigator 6.1 and above will open your XML files with the
> stylesheet as well.
>
> There is an issue with the xmlns:xsl attribute value with Internet Explorer.
> If you upgraded your Internet Explorer from 5.5 to 6.0 it may not work
> because the ie 6 will still holds the reference to the older XSL engine.
>
> <xsl:stylesheet id="style1"
> version="1.0"
> issue here ==> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Aman Singh
> XML Programmer
> York University Archives and Special Collections
>
>
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> >At 08:22 AM 1/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >>You posted a query awhile ago about how to link an EAD document with a
> >>stylesheet. When I asked you to share any responses, you told me you
> >>had not received any. I am in the same quandary now. I want to preview
> >>the document (and show the big guns what I have done) and have
> >>downloaded one of the stylesheets from the EAD cookbook, but I can't get
> >>the think to display in the format.
> >
> >It's easy. Just put the following line (a processing instruction) as the
> >second
> >line in your xml document:
> >
> ><?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Between these quotes put the path to
> >the xsl file" ?>
> >
> >If you do this and use IE6 you'll be in business.
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