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Re: [xsl] translate to XML using XSL into an HTML table

2007-08-06 10:48:08
At 9:26 AM +0200 8/6/07, Florent Georges wrote:
Steve wrote:

 On 8/3/07, oryann9 wrote:

  Hi


...

 > > on line 2 means the current entry? in other words what
 > does the "." mean?

 > It means everything between the <FIRST>*this
 stuff*</FIRST> tag.

  Please don't pronounce the T-word on this list.  In the
context of the XPath data model, FIRST is an element.

There is nothing at all wrong with talking about TAGs on XSL-List, when the discussion is about tags. In this case, the discussion is about an element, and it is important to use the jargon correctly.

The "T-word", as Florent puts it, is not a dirty word on XSL-List. It is simply not an synonym of "element", and is something we rarely need to discuss in the context of XSL.

-- Tommie

(I am, perhaps, in too persnickety a mood - I am writing from the International Workshop on Markup of Overlapping Structures. I am surrounded by markup geeks and we all seem to be deeply concerned about precise descriptions of very fuzzy concepts.)
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