XML by Example

xsl:for-each has a select attribute so it needs a fully qualified path.

However, within the loop, the current element is the selection that

xsl:value-of retrieves through the “.” path.

The template also introduces the generate-id() function. The function

returns a unique identifier for the current node.

Using XSLT to Extract Information

As the various examples in this chapter illustrate, XSLT is a very powerful

and flexible mechanism that serves many purposes.

Indeed XSLT is not limited to styling. It also can be used to extract infor-

mation from XML documents.

Imagine I need to generate an index of articles. The XSLT solution is a two-

step process. ...