[NTLUG:Discuss] Perl and XML courses?

[Val W. Harris]

Tom Woody wrote:

>Anyone know of any good Perl/XML courses in the North Texas, Texas, or surrounding states?  I have been beat up by XML (it doesn't make sense) and need a class.  Thanks all...
>
Tom,

I can't help you with formal courses, but while I'm between jobs, I've
been exploring XML.  What part of it is working you over?  Is it the:
a. XML source file (the one you're creating),
b. Your chosen DTD,
c. The transformation engine, or
d. the stylesheet you're using?

What are you actually trying to accomplish with the XML?

David Stanaway turned me onto the emacs SGML/XML major mode
( psgml ) and I discovered psgmlx on the net.  If you use emacs, I highly
recommend psgmlx.  It'll make the editing of source and understanding
of the DTD much easier.

I'm using the Saxon java transformation engine.  Both Xalan and Saxon
installed and tested fine on my system, but only Saxon would process
Norm Walsh's Slides DTD and style sheets.  So far, the slides.dtd is the
only one I've used, and I've only transformed source into HTML.

Will you be at tomorrow's meeting?  If so, we can chat and I can show
you some of what I've learned.

Val

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