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Template Attribute Language
The Template Attribute Language (TAL) is a templating language used to generate dynamic HTML and XML documents. It is designed to facilitate a clear separation between presentation and application logic, thereby supporting collaboration between designers and programmers. This is achieved by expressing template logic through attributes defined in an XML namespace, which are added to otherwise valid HTML or XML elements. By using structured attributes rather than arbitrary embedded code, templates remain well-formed documents that can be viewed and edited with standard XML or HTML authoring systems. TAL was created for Zope but is used in other Python-based projects as well.
Article summary
The Template Attribute Language (TAL) is a templating language used to generate dynamic HTML and XML documents. It is designed to facilitate a clear separation between presentation and application logic, thereby supporting collaboration between designers and programmers. This is achieved by expressing template logic through attributes defined in an XML namespace, which are added to otherwise valid HTML or XML elements. By using structured attributes rather than arbitrary embedded code, templates remain well-formed documents that can be viewed and edited with standard XML or HTML authoring systems. TAL was created for Zope but is used in other Python-based projects as well.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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