Newbie Question: How do I Layout XML for Desktop Publishing?

[terry]

Ok. I know what XML is. I've read a ton of articles on what XML can do, why
it's so great, etc. But how do you actually output the data to something
useful. All I want is to be able to read the data in a normal layout. What
if I wanted to publish the XML data I have in book for instance.

Thanks for the help.

[Russell Jones]

Terry:

You can use CSS or a transformation language such as XSLT or XSL-FO, or use
the SAX or DOM model to process nodes and output content via a scripting or
programming language. For transformations, the output format itself is
entirely up to you--most common examples show how to transform XML to HTML
or XHTM, but you can transform XML to plain text, to a different XML node
arrangement or schema, to PDF format--whatever you need.

Here are some starting points:
MS:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/wcexmlxs/ht
m/ceconGettingStartedWithXSLTTutorial.asp
Java: http://www.genias.nl/XML/slides/XML-...d/slide20.html
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/08/holman/s2_1.html
http://archive.devx.com/asp/articles...rj020102-1.asp
http://xml.apache.org/fop/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xsl-20011015/
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1

"terry" <tcfpcm2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ok. I know what XML is. I've read a ton of articles on what XML can do,
why
> it's so great, etc. But how do you actually output the data to something
> useful. All I want is to be able to read the data in a normal layout. What
> if I wanted to publish the XML data I have in book for instance.
>
> Thanks for the help.