[topicmapmail] stupid question?

[Jan Algermissen]

alexander.johannesen@bekk.no wrote:

> Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

> > [...] and topic maps are not at all XML-like.
> 
> I agree that the flat model of the XTM is not ideal for XSLT
> transformations. But "not ideal" is not the same as "can't" or even
> "should't" be done, but I do see your point.

I'd like to add one thought to this discussion:

In my opinion, the topic maps that are/will be used in real projects will simply
be too big for an XSLT processor to handle, as they still require the construction of
a DOM tree [1].


Jan


[1] I read somewhere that there are beginning developments of SAX-like XSLT processors,
    but I can't recall where that was.


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