Xslt in client memory

Question

Hello.
I have some server components sending xml to a web browser client. There is a reference to an xslt stylesheet in the xml document, that results in html. I assume that every time the processor in the browser encounters that reference while parsing the xml, it loads the stylesheet anew.
I would like to know if there is some way of keeping the stylesheet in browser memory so that it can be applied to multiple xml files, perhaps by inducing the browser to cache the stylesheet? In other words, I would like to minimize the amount of traffic between the client and the server. Could the stylesheet even be stored on the client's machine? What would the stylesheet reference look like in that case?
thanks.
jan

Answer 1

I don't know how to keep the stylesheet in the browser's memory but the stylesheet will probably stay in the browser's cache.
Don't forget that your solution doesn't work with all the browsers on all operating systems!
And on Windows with IE, be carefull with your style-sheet because the version of the XML transformator can be different between computers.
Your solution will works on an Intranet, but is very restrictive for an Internet web site.
If you're working on an Internet web site, do the transformation on the server-side (with Saxon by example).