An incremental XSLT transformation processor for XML document manipulation

Abstract

In this paper, we present an incremental transformation framework called incXSLT. This framework has been experimented for the XSLT language defined at the World Wide Web Consortium. For the currently available tools, designing the XML content and the transformation sheets is a inefficient, a tedious and an error prone experience. Incremental transformation processors such as incXSLT represent a better alternative to help in the design of both the content and the transformation sheets. We believe that such frameworks are a first step toward fully interactive transformation-based authoring environments.

Active Operations on Collections

“…a class ObservableValue<T>). Figure 2 gives the outline of the sample transformation: the left part represents source domain data, a directory of contacts; the right part represents the associated user interface (UI) that displays the contacts within a list widget, and allows editing contact properties throughout three text fields 5 .…”

“…Villard and Layaïda have developed incXLST, an incremental XSLT processor, thus showing the broader interest of incremental transformation [5]. The processor is based on re-instantiating transformation rules and merging the resulting fragments within the target document, and has limited featured.…”

“…Many different solutions have been proposed to solve such an issue; they are all based on the concept of incremental [1], live [2] or active [3] model manipulation. Despite their omnipresence, collections are not the central piece of these approaches that are often tied to a specific language and/or system [4,5], or use usual manipulations combined with merge strategies [6].…”

Authoring transformations by direct manipulation for adaptable multimedia presentations

“…In [17] we have presented a framework that allows the editing of XML documents through one or more of its rendered presentations. In order to produce and to edit complex and adapted presentations, in particular multimedia presentations, this framework is based on an incremental transformation process.…”

“…In order to produce and to edit complex and adapted presentations, in particular multimedia presentations, this framework is based on an incremental transformation process. In [17] we used this framework for editing source documents of transformations. The next step is to extend this framework for editing transformation sheets.…”