Transforming XML into WML (cont.)

Conclusion

In these two articles, I have taken you on a roller coaster tour of what XSLT and XPath can do for you (in terms of XML transformation). I hope it is enough to get you excited about the technology and start thinking about how you can restructure your site using XML and XSLT.

XML and XSLT are gaining a lot of interest in the developer community because of its flexibility in tailoring content format. One of the key areas of is in B to B communication. Microsoft has realised this and this is clearly shown in the company's .NET framework. All existing/future Microsoft products exhibit deep support for XML.

I am interested in your thoughts, you can reach me via email at lwm@np.edu.sg. In the next article, I will talk about how to create "dynamic" WMLScript applications.

Wei Meng LEE is the co-author of the upcoming book Beginning WAP: WML and WMLScript (ISBN: 1-861004-58-3), to be published by Wrox Press. This book will be available in December, 2000. He can be reached via email at lwm@np.edu.sg.