April 2001
Intermediate to advanced
112 pages
2h 15m
English
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The Extensible Stylesheet Language
The Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) is one of the most intricate specifications in the XML family. XSL can be broken into two parts: XSLT, which is used for transformations, and XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO). While XSLT is currently in widespread use, XSL-FO is still maturing; both, however, promise to be useful for any XML developer.
This section will provide you with a firm understanding of how XSL is meant to be used. For the very latest information on XSL, visit the home page for the W3C XSL working group at http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/.
As we mentioned, XSL works by applying element-formatting rules that you define for each XML document it encounters. In reality, XSL simply transforms each XML document from one series of element types to another. For example, XSL can be used to apply HTML formatting to an XML document, which would transform it from:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<OReilly:Book title="XML Comments">
<OReilly:Chapter title="Working with XML">
<OReilly:Image src="http://www.oreilly.com/1.gif"/>
<OReilly:HeadA>Starting XML</OReilly:HeadA>
<OReilly:Body>
If you haven't used XML, then ...
</OReilly:Body>
</OReilly:Chapter>
</OReilly:Book>to the following HTML:
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>XML Comments</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>Working with XML</H1> <img src="http://www.oreilly.com/1.gif"/> <H2>Starting XML</H2> <P>If you haven't used XML, then ...</P> </BODY> </HTML>
If you look carefully, you can see a predefined hierarchy that remains from ...
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