XSLT Where Should It Happen
Client-side
- IE5+ only
- Not Netscape 6 or Mozilla (yet)
- IE5 not yet fully compliant w/ XSLT and XPath standard
- Can reduce the load on your servers
- But performance on low-end clients can be BAD
Server-side
- Performance could be a problem on busy servers, serving large, complex documents
- More control & flexibility over the conversion (metamerge)
Offline Preconversion
- Best performance
- Not best for dynamic documents (metamerge)