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Re: XML parsing from AppleScript



"Mark Alldritt" wrote:

> However, if you are trying to extract information from an XML file, there is a
> better way.  I offer the XSLT Tools

This is a significant matter of opinion, regarding XSLT (not regarding
Mark's tools).

It presents benefits in some very narrow situations, in my experience.
Additionally, it is YAML [*] and if we are to really enjoy the benefits of
XML, then we could all probably do without inserting even more meta-layers
between the XML and ourselves.

YMMV, of course.  (And XSLT is excellent for FileMaker files, if you wish to
use some of the pre-made parsers for that software.)

-- 
Gary

* Yet Another Meta-Language

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