[Doc-SIG] Re: Output writers and XSLT

[David Goodger]

Paul Moore wrote:
> we can *already* get XML
> out of reStructuredText. Given that, can we not use XSLT to generate
> whatever output formats we need?

Sure can. Remi Bertholet, Paul Wright, and Alan Jaffray already have. See
the reStructuredText sandbox for their .xsl style sheets.

> Is that a viable general approach?

Maybe. Depends what you mean by "viable general".

> Does Python include XSLT processing modules? In the PyXML package, maybe?

In PyXML, yes, I believe so. But not in the standard library yet. Which
rules it out as a general solution for now. Eventually, I want the
"docutils" (umbrella package including DPS or a renaming of DPS) to be part
of the standard library, so it can't use stuff from outside. If PyXML were
to be included in the stdlib, though...

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