Diana Shannon wrote:
On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 06:04 PM, Conal Tuohy wrote:
Don't be too quick to deprecate document()!
Did my draft suggest that? Are you saying that pointing out the problems
associated with using the document() function in a Cocoon environment (e.g. caching)
which may discourage use of the document() function "in effect"
suggests "deprecation"?
It's not deprecated, but simply: 1. not supported 2. not recommended 3. inappropriate, because it mixes concerns.
XML is content. XSL style.
Style should never *work* on content, just transform it.
Aggregation is basically not something to do at the style phase, because it injects vital information in the data flow.
For example, if I used the document() function to aggregate your homepage with some nasty page, would you say it's just style?
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