Namespace for macroses

[porton]

Is there an XML namespace for creating "macroses" (they receive arguments and create XML code from an XML template)?

 

Also, what about conditionals (if-then-else) and probably loops (as in functional programming languages)?

[Ingolme]

The closest thing you'll find is XSLT, but it will only work if passed through an XSLT parser. Most browsers have one built in, but if you're in a different environment it will have to load some tool or library to do it.

XML does not do anything on its own, it always has to be interpreted by a program.

[porton]

@Ingolme I know XSLT and know it well.

I ask for code embedded into a regular XML file not about XSLT.

[porton]

@Ingolme Also: I do not need that my XML would be understandable by a browser.

[Ingolme]

XML does not have macros, it does not have conditionals or loops. It is hardly different than a plain text file. It does nothing until a program reads it.

[porton]

@Ingolme I know that XML does not have macros.

But it is quite possible to create an XML namespace which could act like a macro language for XML.

I started this topic because I need to decide whether to create a new namespace (and its semantics) for this purpose, or whether there is already designed such a thing, so that I would not need to create new namespaces but use existing ones.