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XML on the Web: is it still relevant?

XML on the Web: is it still relevant? . O'Neil D. Delpratt. XML on the Web: is it still relevant?. Successes of XML Why did this not take off and revolutionise the web ? Can it still happen?. XML on the Web: is it still relevant?. Web 2.0: Events/Interaction. Browser. JavaScript.

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XML on the Web: is it still relevant?

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  1. XML on the Web: is it still relevant? • O'Neil D. Delpratt

  2. XML on the Web: is it still relevant? • Successes of XML • Why did this not take off and revolutionise the web? • Can it still happen?

  3. XML on the Web: is it still relevant? Web 2.0: Events/Interaction Browser JavaScript VM HTML CSS doc JQuery, JSON XML XSLT 2.0 XML + XSLT 1.0 Server XQuery/PHP/Java/Perl/…

  4. Moving XSLT 2.0 to the browser + Web 2.0 • Multiple result files • targeted at different DIV areas on the page • Template rules to handle interaction • <xsl:template match=“button” mode=“onClick”> • Access to the dynamic HTML DOM • select="ixsl:page()//select[@name='speed']“ • Access to the browser window • select=“ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), ‘location’)” • Animation • <ixsl:schedule-action wait=“1000”> • 4

  5. Saxon-CE Demos • 5

  6. Documentation Browser • Documents stored on server in XML • mainly, “abstract” XHTML 5.0 • custom XML formats for Javadoc and for function specs • No server-side component • Single-page application using hash-bang URIs • 6

  7. User Interface Features • Persistent and visible #! URIs • Intra-site linking • Table of Contents • Search • 7

  8. Booklist sorting <xsl:template match="th" mode="ixsl:onclick"> <xsl:variable name="colNr" as="xs:integer" select="count(preceding-sibling::th)+1"/> <xsl:variable name="dataType" select="if (@data-type='number') then 'number' else 'text'" as="xs:string"/> <xsl:variable name="ascending" select="not(../../@data-order=$colNr)" as="xs:boolean"/> <xsl:result-documenthref="?select=." method="ixsl:replace-content"> <thead data-order="{if ($ascending) then $colNr else -$colNr}"> <xsl:copy-of select="thead/tr"/> </thead> <tbody> <xsl:perform-sort select="tbody/tr"> <xsl:sort select="td[$colNr]" data-type="{$dataType}" order="{if ($ascending) then 'ascending' else 'descending'}"/> </xsl:perform-sort> </tbody> </xsl:result-document> </xsl:template> • 8

  9. Saxon-CE: HTML DOM Tree doc onclick <a … Multiple result-document • Append • Replace-content <div id=“x”> • Events • Call-back to JavaScript functions

  10. Saxon-CE • Stripped down version of Saxon 9.3 • down to 60K lines of code • but still 100% conformant to XSLT 2.0 • File size 900KB • Compiled to JavaScript using Google Web Toolkit • GWT handles all browser differences • Skeletal HTML page contains • a link to the Saxon .JS executable • a link to the XSLT stylesheet • optionally, a link to an XML file on the server • XSLT extensions to handle • user interaction events • animation events • access to the JavaScript browser environment • 10

  11. Conclusion • Client-side XSLT 2.0 can be used to create rich Web 2.0 applications • handling the user interaction • and of course XML rendition • Good cross-browser interoperability • Plays well with JavaScript but eliminates most JS coding • Available as open source • 11

  12. Thank you & Questions Documentation browser: http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/index.html Saxon-CE download: https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-CE

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