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XSLT
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XSLT

by Doug Tidwell
August 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
11h 16m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Preface

Organization of This Book

The heart of this book is designed to take you through the basics of XSLT and help you solve problems with this exciting new technology. It contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Getting Started

Covers the basics of XML and discusses how to install the Xalan stylesheet engine.

Chapter 2, The Obligatory Hello World Example

Takes a look at an XML-tagged Hello World document, then examines stylesheets that transform it into other things.

Chapter 3, XPath: A Syntax for Describing Needles and Haystacks

Covers the basics of XPath, the language used to describe parts of an XML document.

Chapter 4, Branching and Control Elements

Discusses the logic elements of XSLT (<xsl:if> and <xsl:choose>) and how they work.

Chapter 5, Creating Links and Cross-References

Covers the different ways to build links between elements in XML documents. Using XPath to describe relationships between related elements is also covered.

Chapter 6, Sorting and Grouping Elements

Goes over the <xsl:sort> element and discusses various ways to sort elements in an XML document. It also talks about how to do grouping with various XSLT elements and functions.

Chapter 7, Combining XML Documents

Discusses the document() function, which allows you to combine several XML documents, then write a stylesheet that works against the collection of documents.

Chapter 8, Extending XSLT

Explains how you can write extension elements and extension functions. Although XSLT and XPath are extremely ...

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