- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@eps.inso.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:40:46 GMT
- To: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
- CC: lee@sq.com, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>I am suggesting a system where the *client software* (guided by the user) >can choose what view of the data it needs and ask for only the sections it >is interested in, using sophisticated, SDQL-like queries. I am not convinced >that such a system is doable for XML, but I am surprised to hear that some >people seem to think that it is not even a long term goal. Sure. Let's have all servers support DSSSL, anmd then you can send DSSSL specs to the server (only half joking). This is not an issue of addressing, or querying, but also involves transformation. Fact is, you can do something like this today using DynaWeb.
Received on Thursday, 27 March 1997 19:42:37 UTC