Special Edition Using XML, Second Edition

An XML-to-XML Transformation Example

With all of these basic elements of XSLT, it is actually possible to accomplish quite a bit. We have steered away from some of the more advanced XSLT topics, which require a more full understanding of stylesheets than is possible in one chapter in this book. But that doesn't mean that you can't actually get some practical things done using the processes outlined in this chapter.

So, now let's take a look at exactly what we can do, starting with the conversion of an XML document from one XML syntax to another.

In this example, we're going to start with an XML document that describes some travel information for airline ticket holders. The data here is contact information, and information related to the flight, ...