Skip to Content
XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations
book

XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations

by John Robert Gardner, Zarella L. Rendon
July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
11h 16m
English
Pearson
Content preview from XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations

6.7. Comments and Processing-Instructions

There are two XSLT instruction elements that create what is considered content internal to the output XML document. Normally, internal content is not intended for end users. This internal content can be in the form of XML processing instructions, or XML comments. Processing instructions, or PIs, and comments are embedded in the output XML document as part of the document structure, but are not considered part of the document content, and cannot be seen by most rendering engines.

Processing instructions generated with <xsl:processing-instruction> are used by an external process, identified by the target of the PI, to handle the XML file in a specific way, based on the parameters of the PI. Comments generated ...

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

Beginning XSLT and XPath: Transforming XML Documents and Data

Beginning XSLT and XPath: Transforming XML Documents and Data

Ian Williams
Querying XML

Querying XML

Jim Melton, Stephen Buxton
XSLT Cookbook

XSLT Cookbook

Sal Mangano

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0130404462Purchase book