Re: [xml-dev] What is beautiful XML?

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Re: [xml-dev] What is beautiful XML?
+1 !

Christophe


Le 01/03/2018 à 18:37, Tony Graham a écrit :
> On 28/02/2018 20:01, Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex wrote:
> ...
>>> What is a beautiful XSLT transformation?
>>
>> Occurrence of xsl:next-match, possibly also with one or more tunneled 
>> parameters, often serves as an indicator of an elegant XSLT 
>> transformation (and it tells me that the author knows how to 
>> virtuously employ XSLT core concepts such as template matching, 
>> priority, import precedence, tunneling etc.).
>
> See how Gerrit has changed the criteria from being beautiful to being
> elegant.
>
> Earlier this week, I came across this self-serving quote from David
> Hockney [1]:
>
>    Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a
>    good design for a bus.
>
> I think that people do not try for either art or beauty in their XML or
> XSLT but do try for simple (Andrew) and elegant (Gerrit), and we
> recognise their art and its beauty when they succeed.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tony Graham.