Hi,
xls and xml are markup languages which means you need an
"engine" to render -- they do solve very nicely the document
construct , or grammar and syntax.
It would be great to have a word processing system based upon
XML, XSL and a low level api (DOM) to manipulate documents 8)
Cheers
> I'm starting to investigate xsl (although I haven't time enough for it
> yet). It begins to look *extremely* promising. If you know much about
> formatting languages like troff or TeX, you might want to see xlm, DOM
> and xsl. Take a look at the IBM web site.
>
> Heck, that's a good excuse to go take a look at one of the most dynamic
> programming web sites out there. Take a look at the IBM web site, most
> especially if you like java or xml or parsers, or .... IBM is diving
> into open source, feet first!
>
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