Any reason not to use client-side XSL?? (was: Preferred tool for folding XML into HTML)

[Karthik Gurumurthy]

just check out the xmlns:xsl namespace for IE. Am not sure if
it supports http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform
if it does not recognize the standard namespace, the page will not be
rendered properly on IE.
yes rendering on the server is a better solution
it will work irresepective of the client browser.

karthik.


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[mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Russell Turpin
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Subject: Any reason not to use client-side XSL?? (was: Preferred tool
for folding XML into HTML)


It seems clear that XSL is the way to go. I have heard that
Internet Explorer supports client-side style sheets, i.e.,
your webapp returns the XML with reference to stylesheet,
and IE will retreive the style sheet and apply it on the
client side. I haven't read the details of this yet, but it
seems slick, and raises some other questions:

Wouldn't this be simpler than applying the translation on the
server side?

Is this standard? Do/will other browsers support this?

Are there disadvantages to applying the style sheet
client-side?

My thanks to all, for the useful info!