Headings: XML vs. XSL

[John E. Simpson]

At 02:02 PM 7/6/1999 -0400, John Martin wrote:
>Would I code my DTD [actually, your document!] as
><POLICY-EFFECTIVE>
><POLICY-EFFECTIVE-HEADING>Effective Date:</POLICY-EFFECTIVE-HEADING>
><POLICY-EFFECTIVE-DATE>July 1, 1999</POLICY-EFFECTIVE-DATE>
></POLICY-EFFECTIVE>
>
>Or would it be better/more efficient to code it as:
>
><POLICY-EFFECTIVE-DATE>July 1, 1999</POLICY-EFFECTIVE-DATE>
>
>and add the heading in with XSL.

It's kind of a toss-up, I think. One thing to consider, though, is that
your first choice will work as is (w/out XSL) with CSS1- and
partial-CSS2-compliant browsers which don't yet support CSS's
generated-text feature. The first choice also makes it easier to customize
headings which might vary by document instance; whether that's an issue
depends on your application.

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