TY - CHAP
T1 - Constraining XML Transformations for Personalised Information Presentation
AU - Cawsey, Alison Julia
AU - Dempster, Euan Wallace
AU - Pacey, Joseph Daniel
AU - Williams, Howard
AU - Marwick, David Howie
AU - MacKinnon, Lachlan Mhor
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Through the use of different stylesheets it is possible to transform the information contained in XML documents and present it in different ways, for example to create personalised presentations. However, in doing so there is a danger that the transformation may result in a presentation, which fails to carry the essential message intended by the provider of the source document. We believe that the Information Provider should be able to provide constraints on permitted transformations of their document, stating for example which elements are mandatory, which must not be changed, which must have the order preserved. This paper discusses the need for such transformation constraints, and proposes a simple metadata annotation expressing the required constraints. We consider the adequacy of the proposed approach, and alternative ways to constrain transformations. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
AB - Through the use of different stylesheets it is possible to transform the information contained in XML documents and present it in different ways, for example to create personalised presentations. However, in doing so there is a danger that the transformation may result in a presentation, which fails to carry the essential message intended by the provider of the source document. We believe that the Information Provider should be able to provide constraints on permitted transformations of their document, stating for example which elements are mandatory, which must not be changed, which must have the order preserved. This paper discusses the need for such transformation constraints, and proposes a simple metadata annotation expressing the required constraints. We consider the adequacy of the proposed approach, and alternative ways to constrain transformations. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-27811-5_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-27811-5_13
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978-3-540-22382-5
VL - 3112
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 136
EP - 143
BT - Key Technologies for Data Management
T2 - 21st British National Conference on Databases
Y2 - 7 July 2004 through 9 July 2004
ER -