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eXist DB or Saxon/C in PHP. A comparison between two approaches for XSLT 2.0 based websites

Author(s) -

Christian Schwaderer

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

studia universitatis babeș-bolyai digitalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2559-6721

DOI - 10.24193/subbdigitalia.2017.1.08

Subject(s) - xslt , computer science , natural language processing , programming language , mathematics , information retrieval , world wide web , xml

XML and XSLT are very popular technologies among Digital Humanists. However, when it comes to deploying an XSLT 2.0 processor into a website infrastructure some difficulties arrise. This paper discusses two possible approaches for doing XSLT 2.0 transformations on the fly on a Web (Application) Server: Saxon as a PHP extension and Saxon within the popular XML database eXist. The conclusion shows, that both solutions have their pros and cons. In the end, however, the PHP solution wins.

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