Great topic!
I had some experience using xml / xslt earlier this year. I was
fiddling with w3schools xslt tutorial which uses client-side xslt
transformation and I finally saw what all the xml fuss was about. The
content could be marked up meaningfully (according to the actual
data) then xslt could lay out the content and css could style it.
It was a real 'wow' moment as the xml penny finally dropped - a total
separation of content and presentation, with no server-side
shenanigans needed to convert the xml content. As soon as there is
consistent browser support for client side xslt, we'll be able to
deliver pure xml to the client and have it apply style and layout as
the / browser chooses. True accessibility and universality. The web
equivalent of 'Zen'.... ;)
In my experience it's not the content that's the problem - it's the
outlying structure (header, footer, nav, branding) that gets in the
way of true 'semanticity' (look Ma - I done made me up a new word!).
If we had a way (no, not frames) to semantically separate the nav /
branding fluff from the actual core content we would be set.
Thoughts welcome,
Paul
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