Learning Xslt

XSLT is a powerful transformation language for XML, quite different from the development environments most programmers and web developers have used. XSLT not only looks different from a typical programming or scripting language, because of its declarative, XML-based syntax, but it works differently, too, as a result of its template-based approach. Learning XSLT helps developers find a clear path into this technology by explaining XSLT in detail, while recognizing that much of XSLT isn't obvious, even to experienced programmers. Copious examples and thorough prose explore a wide range of XSLT features, from simple templates to the obscure corners of XSLT. Learning XSLT also discusses implementation-specific issues, unveiling the mysterious problems that arise when transforming documents in multiple, complex environments. Learning XSLT examines: * How to use command-line and graphical XSLT processors * How XSLT templates create results * Using XPath to locate information in XML source documents * Understanding the XPath data model and the difference between expressions and patterns * Processing XML information with XPath and XSLT functions * Ways to use XSLT's parameters and nonvarying variables * Copying, sorting, grouping, and numbering nodes with XSLT * Managing template logic, including template priority, named templates, modes, and built-in templates * Creating and using keys * Transforming multiple documents and using multiple stylesheets * Upcoming developments in XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 * Using common extensions to XSLT and XPath * Writing your own command-line interface to XSLT processors with Java and C# XSLT doesn't need to be difficult, even if it looks difficult. Through careful pacing and detailed explanations, Learning XSLT will walk you through XSLT step-by-step. Whether you're starting from a clean slate or have encountered XSLT before (or even if you backed away from it!), Learning XSLT will help you master XSLT's syntax and many of its intricacies.Fitzgerald, Michael is the author of 'Learning Xslt' with ISBN 9780596003272 and ISBN 0596003277.