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How to merge 2 xml docs with xslt?

XML: Why can't XSLT be used as a standard templating system for all web frameworks?

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    The libxslt library in PHP is effective as the View component of an MVC architecture.  Symphony (http://getsymphony.com) is an example of a Web CMS that uses XSLT to modularize the query and rendering logic for its application. I have utilized XSLT for live, themed viewing of DITA XML content as well (http://expedita.info). One factor that limits popular uptake is that there are not yet any open source XML editors that are as easy to use as the contentEditable feature already native in browsers. So an XSLT-based stack works well for rendering already-created XML content, but lack of an editor inhibits the ease and cost of deploying collaborative systems based on more popular forms of XML like DocBook or DITA. Check out the iFixit web site as an example of a collaboration site that uses form-based editors for capturing user input in the more simple oManual XML format that is then rendered via XSLT and other transforms into site content and PDF.

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It *is* a standard — a W3C standard. But that doesn't mean that everyone will use it. Browser-based XSLT support has always been patchy, but there are javascript shims, including one by the creators of Saxon. So you could create a site using client-side XSLT processing. On the server-side, you have lots options, from XML databases to XSLT-based CMSs like Symphony. So if you want to build a web application using XSLT, you can. But people are free to build sites with whatever they like, and there are plenty of standards-approved technologies that don't get traction. For a different — but XML, standards-based — approach, see XRX. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRX_(web_application_architecture)

Chris Marsh

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