xquery xml xls

[sem_db]

This is as question for anyone who has an opinion. I am dragging information out of a database (as many of us do) and formatting the output as HTML to deliver to the web. My question is: Would it be a good idea to format the output as XML THEN convert it to HTML to serve to the web? This extra step seems rediculous, but, in the future, I could take advantage of the features inherint in XML such as XSLT or XSL.

ps.
Does anyone know where a good xquery php tool can be found?

[planetsim]

Why do convert it into HTML when your using the XML Libraries.

If you do that you should use

XML - Which holds the data from the Database
XSL - To Format the why you want the data to be displayed

Then eventually show it in XHTML. Basically the same as HTML just requires a DOC type, Meta Tag, Head and good formatting of code. If you do that for HTML know you shouldnt have any troubles with XHTML.