Re: [xml-dev] Basic program structures in XSLT (was: Re: [xml-dev] Data-driven application --> the data is essentially "machine code" to the application, right?)

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Ihe Onwuka <>
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"C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <>
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2022-12-08T19:22:58Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Basic program structures in XSLT (was: Re: [xml-dev] Data-driven application --> the data is essentially "machine code" to the application, right?)

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 1:06 PM C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <[email protected]> wrote:

This provokes a similar but broader question:  are there analogous basic
principles for program design which can be used to guide construction of
a transformation in XSLT?


The schema or a skeleton of the input xml structures tell you all the types of node you have to handle and the built in rules do (by default) an apply-template for each one.