Peter Gummer wrote: > sam.heard signatureSam Heard wrote: > > >> What we need is an XSL Script that consumes XML archetypes ... >> > > > Hi Sam, > > XSLT is ok in small doses, but it becomes unmaintainable for anything > complex. Other approaches share the advantages claimed at > http://www.openehr.org/wiki/display/dev/Archetype+to+HTML: "It can be used > anywhere and on any platform and should easily allow localisation. Many > people know how to tweak and maintain XSL." > > Just about any language these days has XML parsing libraries. Almost any > language would be more maintainable than XSLT (even something as grotty as > Perl). The transforms for XML archetypes would become quite complex, I > imagine, especially with the localisation requirement. > > My own experience with XSLT is summarised by the second-last paragraph of > http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200103/msg00647.html: '... developers > whom I know are going over the same path with XSLT : "It is cool and > simple - It is cool and complex - It is complex and it does not look cool > for me".' > > > But why generate the HTML from XML archetypes rather than ADL? There's > already a solid, cross-platform ADL parser. Why not use that? > >
What happens if/when XML archetypes become the norm? Are you seriously considering going XML > ADL > HTML? Adam > - Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > ********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail **********************************************************************
