[opencms-dev] XML/XSLT with OpenCMS

[Daniel López]

Hi Alex,

I just installed OpenCMS so I can't be of much help, but just to tell 
you that we are interested in that way of working. We develop all of our 
web applications with XML/XSLT, so if we could use something similar 
with OpenCMS that would be just great.
Just so you know you are not the only one ;).
D.

Alex ! escribió:
> I would like to store data in XML, and retrieve then render with XSLT. 
> Is it as simple as adding the XSL stylesheet and using the apache.org 
> API (or similar) in a JSP ??? Just as you would with any other XML/XSLT 
> transformation.
> 
> Also I'm not quite sure about the best way to store the XML. I am 
> building a field based add/edit interface so I can structure my data and 
> dissallow any html from creeping in via content authors - but should I 
> place the generated XML into a "page"/"plain"/"text" type file with an 
> .xml extension or do it some other way.
> 
> I read some mails from matt butcher in the archives, is there already a 
> module out there to do this.
> 
> Does it even make sense to use the cms for the xml content. (I am going 
> to have to provide xml content syndication so xml is a must, but is xml 
> + OpenCMS a good way?
> 
> If this is a good way to go, I assume I'll have to create a module or 
> set of classes(as a layer) to do the work, which I will be happy to make 
> open source - so please do contribute your ideas.
> 
> Any help/suggestions would be very appreciated.
> 
> Alex.