Skip to Content
Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days
book

Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days

by Michiel van Otegem
January 2002
Beginner
672 pages
15h 52m
English
Sams
Content preview from Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days

WEEK 1 Day 3 Selecting Data

Yesterday you learned what a stylesheet is and how to use it. You also learned about using templates and getting values from an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document. So far the expressions you’ve used to match templates and select data have been rudimentary. What you can do at this point therefore is limited.

Today’s lesson will focus on getting more control over the data you select. Today you will learn the following:

• How the XML document tree works

• What XPath is

• How you can select single elements

• How you can select multiple elements

• How you can select attributes

Understanding the XML Document Tree

An XML document is a hierarchical structure of elements. Each element in an XML document can have zero ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Special Edition Using XSLT

Special Edition Using XSLT

Michael Floyd
XSL companion, The

XSL companion, The

Neil Bradley

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0672323184Purchase book