note jeffa Nice post (but do we really need the CSS?). Question: why is the XML file static? I myself have used static XML files before (if i need a new record, i add one by hand via vim), but in 'real world', that data is stored in a relation database. If you had used [cpan://XML::Generator::DBI], then i could see the point better, but having the "boss" handle the XML <i>file</i> seems, wrong. <p> Also, i feel compelled to mention that unless you are looking for platform independence, XML/XSLT just isn't as fun as a pure Perl templating solution, such as [cpan://HTML::Template] or [cpan://Template], IMHO. I really think this would have been a better article if you had included them as well. But effort++. :) </p> Addendum: indeed, i really wish you had made this article more general, as what you are describing is the [google://model view control] "pattern". <p>jeffa</p> <font size=1> <pre> L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (<a href="http://jeffa.perlmonk.org/tripdid.mp3">the triplet paradiddle with high-hat</a>) </pre></font> 265998 265998