Re: [PHP Template] template system requirements

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Andrei Zmievski wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Michael Pohl wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > Has there been an attempt to formalize the requirements for the proposed
> > template system, either prior to drafting the specs or since?
> 
> What exactly do you mean by formalizing? Having a full-blown
> requirements document?

A full-blown requirements document would be ideal.  Lacking that, I mean
any attempt to enumerate specific requirements beyond the general
philosophy of separating form from content.  I mean the requirements that
would hopefully inform the specs, rather than vice versa.

A few examples:

How are terms like "template logic" and "presentation" being defined
exactly?

Is a requirement to have template tags appear for designers in plain text
in WYSYWIG editors?  To be hidden altogether?  To be always parsed on the
fly?

What are the goals for the syntax?  To be as HTML-like as possible?  To be
as plain-English as possible?  To save as many keystrokes as possible?

michael