Re: Agenda for XML Core WG telcon of 2004 November 24

Richard Tobin scripsit:

>    - The pi is not intended to be only for XSLT, so it seems
>      reasonable to use it *if* this use of XForms can be considered to
>      be application of a stylesheet.  Can it?

I think so.  In essence, the stylesheet is an XHTML (or similar) document
that is displayed in place of the original; it is given access to the
original as an XForms model.

>      I don't know enough
>      about XForms to be sure.  The Note talks about "editor" documents
>      - are these in effect stylesheets that display an XHTML document
>      in such a way that it can be edited?

An XForms model is displayed in accordance with the XForms layout,
either in fixed or editable form; the content can then be edited by the
user and submitted, but this is not essential to the use of XForms.

>      There is a
>      theory that the mime type should be enough to let you parse the
>      document, and then you can determine what to do with it.  In that
>      case, application/xml would fit.  Is this theory blessed by the
>      TAG?  

It was definitely the intention of the IETF when it created media types.

>      It has the disadvantage
>      that you have to fetch the stylesheet before you can determine
>      whether it's any use to you.

This is true of content on the Web in general.

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