From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-11-16T22:40:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25427] Re: ANN: REXML 1.1a3

David Alan Black wrote:


> In "The XML Companion", Neil Bradley emphasizes the distinction
> between XML parser and XML processor, which may be similar to what
> you're describing.
> 
> Where does XSLT fit into this?  In general, isn't that the preferred
> approach to XML-to-XML transformations?


XSLT is by far neither a general XML to XML transformation technology, 
nor was it ever meant to be. It was developed for tranformations to 
XSLFO, and is often a good fit for transformations to XHTML.

There are many cases of XML to XML, where XSLT is not appropriate.

XSLT is great for cases where a template oriented approach fits well.

Where speed is a concern, large amounts of data are processed, very 
complex computations are required, or the visual output format doesn't 
have any automatic layout, general programming languages (in combination 
with SAX/DOM/RubyWayAPI/... 'parser&manipulator&writer packages') are 
often a much better fit.


Tobi


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