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The State of the Art
CSS
- CSS1 long in use with HTML; most browsers support it
- IE (Internet Explorer) can use CSS1 with XML
- CSS2 is partially adopted by IE, Netscape
XSL Transformations
- W3C standard approved 11/99
- IE supports it with MSXML 4.0
- Netscape 7 supports it natively
- 3rd party software: XT, LotusXSL, Xalan
XSL Formatting Objects
- Approved October 2001
- No browser support yet
Notes:
Cascading style sheets have been around for several years and are widely supported by most browsers, at least for CSS 1.
The two parts of XSL are at different stages of development.
The XSLT recommendation was approved by the W3C on November 16, 1999.
Formatting objects became W3C Recommendation in October 2001.
The IE browser supports standard XSL transformations when upgraded with MSXML 4.0 and when used through scripts (JavaScript or VBScript).