- From: Matthew Smith <matt@kbc.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:16:59 +0930
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi All >> Such as: >> - A customed designed kiosk? >> - That refridgerator that downloads recipes? >> - Some old WAP phone made with WML in mind but not HTML? > How are those arguments for XHTML? What are the advantages of XHTML > over HTML in these cases? To answer this one from my angle, the ability to apply XSLT translations to XHTML is an advantage, and a big one. I am developing systems, including an Accesible kiosk where content needs to be served in different formats. Originally, I was going to use my own flavour of XML which would then be translated into (X)HTML, WML, Voice XML, etc. I realised that I could economise here by writing everything in XHTML, ready to use for the Web, then apply various XSLT stylesheets to get the other formats. Although this is probably a shaky argument, I could conclude that the ability to translate XHTML to other formats using XSLT makes it more Accessible since the /original content/, through conversion, can be presented to a wider audience. Whilst it would be possible to write software to do similar conversions to HTML, this would be re-inventing the wheel somewhat. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Kadina Business Consultancy South Australia http://www.kbc.net.au
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