discuss: Re: TLDP Tech (a simple database suggestion)
Subject:
Re: TLDP Tech (a simple database suggestion)
From:
"David Horton" ####@####.####
Date:
7 Mar 2005 14:14:51 -0000
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> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, David Horton wrote:
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> > It would be possible to extract information from this database using XSL
> > Transforms and present the results as an HML page (or PDF or text or
> > whatever.) While XSL is not the easiest to deal with I believe that
> > creating a database with DocBook tags would be easier and quicker to
> > implement than SQL and maintaining it would certainly have a lower
> > learning curve than using SQL.
>
> David,
>
> Of course, and I also support the suggestion to use XSL for this. But
> shouldn't we wait for the translation of that report from the Norwegian
> librarian scientists before we do anything on this?
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like we will start a lot of double
> work here.
>
> Tille.
>
Yes, I agree that we should wait for the adoption of the final report. I
have only filled in a few lines in the XML file just to illustrate my idea.
Dave Horton
