XML by Example

5

XSL Transformation

In the last three chapters, you learned the basics of XML. Specifically, you

learned the XML syntax, how to read and write documents, how to organize

and structure XML documents with schemas, and how to extend and reuse

schemas through namespaces.

This chapter is more practical. It shows you how to manipulate XML docu-

ments. In this and the following chapter, we will look at styling—how to

display a document with a browser or an editor.

In this chapter, you will learn how to use XSL, the XML Stylesheet

Language, to

• convert XML documents in XML (with a different DTD), HTML, and

other formats

• publish a large set of documents

• reorganize ...