- From: Steve Knoblock <knoblock@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 00:03:46 -0500
- To: bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM (Jon Bosak), www-style@w3.org
John, >DSSSL very definitely is not. DSSSL is entirely functional and >entirely side-effect-free. Nothing ever happens in a DSSSL That would ease some misgivings about DSSSL being more 'script-oriented'. From what I've seen it is a reasonable approach that authors could work with. I would probably use DSSSL if it were widely deployed, perhaps in parallel with CSS and other style languages to give a full range of choices to the browser. As primarily an author/publisher of my own web site, I am concerned only with the best way to present my content. I'm not tied to any one implementation. >stylesheet. The stylesheet is one giant function whose value is an >abstract, device-independent, nonprocedural description of the I have to admit the DSSSL model is intriguing. The samples posted here have been quite interesting. >* Generate a table of contents at this spot. > >These aren't contrived or artificial examples; they're dirt-normal >commercial publishing. Without programming, you can't handle even the >last one. > I agree they are real tasks in publishing. But should they be generated as they are rendered or as they are authored? Should a style language be generating or manipulating content? Steve -:- City Gallery ed.- http://www.webcom.com/cityg PhotoGen list admin. -:- Steve Knoblock, knoblock@worldnet.att.net _/ Member: Natl. Stereo. Assoc. http://www.tisco.com/3d-web/nsa/nsa.htm
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