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XML and XSLT better than plain HTML?

By Ben Norbury, on 31-10-2007 15:13

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There could be a case for developing websites static or dynamic in XML with XSL transformation. Lets look at the pro and cons.

I suppose this all depends on your criteria, the criteria I am going to use is:

	XML & XSLT	HTML
Browser Support	Supported on the following and above: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 Netscape 8 Opera 9 Microsoft IE 6	Extensive
Speed	A cached XSL seems to be quicker than the same plain HTML page. This is because only the XML has to be downloaded. However if it is a complicated XSL script or large XML file results may be different.	When the XSL is not cached rendering of the page appears to be slower than HTML.
Scalability	Highly scalable, your XSL can transform XML data accross your website in any way you wish in one location.	Layout can be modified accross a website using CSS. However server side processing is required for complete scalability
Design	XSL uses xhtml no limitations, however modifications are required to html entities.	No limitations
Search engines	Unknown see article http://kb.arclid.com/index.php/website-marketing/xml-seo-experiment.html

Last update : 31-10-2007 16:08

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