- From: Mike Sokolov <sokolov@falutin.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:46:55 -0500
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- CC: public-html-xml@w3.org
On 12/22/2010 01:44 PM, Robin Berjon wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I'm don't know if this is really on topic for this list — it seems to be mostly about something that needs to be implemented using browser tech but that you haven't found. However see below. > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 03:37 , Michael Sokolov wrote: > >> We would like to be able to provide our users lightweight WYSIWYG in-browser editing tools that operate on XML, using vocabularies that we control. We have a few choices currently, none of which is ideal: >> >> A) render using XSLT in the browser; this is painful due to limited browser support for XSLT >> B) render in the browser using CSS only: this provides only limited presentation capabilities >> C) render using a server round-trip; this cripples the immediacy of the user experience >> D) Use a heavyweight tool (like Xopus) that essentially embeds an entirely separate client-side application in the browser. This might be the best option, but we've been reluctant to invest the not-insignificant license fees and integration effort here. >> E) Something else we haven't found yet - suggestions welcome! >> > Have you looked at AXEL / XTiger: > > http://media.epfl.ch/Templates/ > > It uses a very simple language to create HTML-based editors for arbitrary XML languages. It's quite interesting. > > Thanks, Robin - I'll certainly look into that. I guess I have been under the impression that lack of native browser support for XML was hindering progress in this area. But clever peopple always find a way. Thanks again. -Mike
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