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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
{{quotation|XSLT is designed to transform XML documents into other XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xslt Wikipedia], retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST)). | |||
{{quotation|A transformation expressed in XSLT is called a stylesheet. A stylesheet contains a set of template rules. A template rule has two parts: a pattern which is matched against nodes in the source tree and a template which can be instantiated to form part of the result tree. This allows a stylesheet to be applicable to a wide class of documents that have similar source tree structures.}} | {{quotation|A transformation expressed in XSLT is called a stylesheet. A stylesheet contains a set of template rules. A template rule has two parts: a pattern which is matched against nodes in the source tree and a template which can be instantiated to form part of the result tree. This allows a stylesheet to be applicable to a wide class of documents that have similar source tree structures.}} | ||
([http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt XSL Transformations (XSLT)], retrieved | ([http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt XSL Transformations (XSLT)], retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST)) | ||
{{quotation | A transformation expressed in XSLT describes rules for transforming a source tree into a result tree. The transformation is achieved by associating patterns with templates. A pattern is matched against elements in the source tree. A template is instantiated to create part of the result tree. The result tree is separate from the source tree. The structure of the result tree can be completely different from the structure of the source tree. In constructing the result tree, elements from the source tree can be filtered and reordered, and arbitrary structure can be added.}}([http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt XSL Transformations (XSLT)], retrieved | {{quotation | A transformation expressed in XSLT describes rules for transforming a source tree into a result tree. The transformation is achieved by associating patterns with templates. A pattern is matched against elements in the source tree. A template is instantiated to create part of the result tree. The result tree is separate from the source tree. The structure of the result tree can be completely different from the structure of the source tree. In constructing the result tree, elements from the source tree can be filtered and reordered, and arbitrary structure can be added.}}([http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt XSL Transformations (XSLT)], retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST)) | ||
== Tutorial == | == Tutorial == | ||
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* [http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/ XSL List at MulBerry Tech] ([http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/archive/ archive]) | * [http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/ XSL List at MulBerry Tech] ([http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/archive/ archive]) | ||
== | == Tutorials == | ||
* [http://www.nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl/xsl/slides.html XSL Concepts and Practical Use ] by Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh | * [http://www.nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl/xsl/slides.html XSL Concepts and Practical Use ] by Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh | ||
* [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/ Chapters from the XML bible] by E.R. Harold: XSLT, Xlinks and Xpointers. Direct acess: [http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/bible/updates/ Iblio]. See also his collection of [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/slides/sd99east/ Slides] (full-day tutorial). | * [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/ Chapters from the XML bible] by E.R. Harold: XSLT, Xlinks and Xpointers. Direct acess: [http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/bible/updates/ Iblio]. See also his collection of [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/slides/sd99east/ Slides] (full-day tutorial). | ||
* [http://www.webreference.com/js/column100/ XML and XSLT Programming], a Webreference.com tutorial | |||
* [http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/xslt/xslt_by_example.html XSLT by example] at Objects by Design (They also have good XML->HTML tutorials) | |||
* [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/updates/14.html E.R. Harolds on-line Book Chapter on XSLT] (good, the book too btw) | * [http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/updates/14.html E.R. Harolds on-line Book Chapter on XSLT] (good, the book too btw) | ||
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* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-hands-on-xsl/ Hands-on XSL, XSL for fun and diversion] ( Don R. Day ). Explains nicely how a rule-based system works. Note: IBM developWorks has dozens of other XSLT-related articles. | |||
* [http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/2001/01/167/01.shtml XSLT Tutorial I: Basics and first example application] at heise.de | * [http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/2001/01/167/01.shtml XSLT Tutorial I: Basics and first example application] at heise.de | ||
* [http://zvon.vscht.cz/HTMLonly/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html Introduction to XSL] On-line reference tool by Miloslav Nic (part of his [http://zvon.vscht.cz/ZvonHTML/Zvon/zvonTutorials_en.html zvon tutorials]) | * [http://zvon.vscht.cz/HTMLonly/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html Introduction to XSL] On-line reference tool by Miloslav Nic (part of his [http://zvon.vscht.cz/ZvonHTML/Zvon/zvonTutorials_en.html zvon tutorials]) | ||
* [http://www.arbortext.com/xsl/ XSL | |||
* [http://www.arbortext.com/xsl/tutorial2000.htm XSL Tutorials] from Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh / Arbortext. | |||
* [http://www.xfront.com/ XSL Tutorial] (download, by R.Costello) | |||
* [http://www.xfront.com/ XSL Tutorial] (tutorial to download, by R.Costello) | |||
* [http://nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/ | |||
* [http://nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl Walsh XSL Tutorial] Good tutorial, but slide style. Also useful as on-line XSL reference ! | |||
* [http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~dmck/xslt-tutorial.html Producing HTML tables with XSLT] | * [http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~dmck/xslt-tutorial.html Producing HTML tables with XSLT] | ||
* [http://www.byte.com/documents/s=7117/byt1017268553816/0401_udell.html The Protean Power of Textual Transformation] (registration required) | |||
* [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/05/tr-xml.html Extending XSLT with EXSLT] by Bob DuCharme, at xml.com (jan 2005) | |||
=== XSL Templates and tricks === | |||
* [http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/index.html Jeni's XSLT Pages] Various very useful hints (mostly from postings to the XSL-List) | * [http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/index.html Jeni's XSLT Pages] Various very useful hints (mostly from postings to the XSL-List) | ||
* | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT_elements XSLT elements] List of XSLT elements at Wikipedia. This is a good page once you know your [[XSLT Tutorial - Basics|XSLT Basics]] | ||
== | === XSLFO Tutorials === | ||
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* [http://www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/fop/ FOP Slide Kit]. Technical article from Paul Sandoz (SUN) about slides with FOP | * [http://www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/fop/ FOP Slide Kit]. Technical article from Paul Sandoz (SUN) about slides with FOP | ||
= | === 3.1 PHP's XSLT processor === | ||
== 3.1 PHP's XSLT processor == | |||
* [http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/xsl.html Using PHP 5's XSL extension to perform XSL Transformations], tutorial by Tony Marston (8/2004) | * [http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/xsl.html Using PHP 5's XSL extension to perform XSL Transformations], tutorial by Tony Marston (8/2004) | ||
= | == Software == | ||
== | === XSLT/FO Processors === | ||
* [http://saxon.sourceforge.net/ SAXON] The SAXON package is a collection of tools for processing XML documents, e.g. an XSL (XSLT and XPath).<br /> INSTALLED at Tecfa: [http://tecfa2.unige.ch/guides/xml/local/saxon/doc [password protected ] local documentation]. Saxon has extension features that others (Xalan) have not. | * [http://saxon.sourceforge.net/ SAXON] The SAXON package is a collection of tools for processing XML documents, e.g. an XSL (XSLT and XPath).<br /> INSTALLED at Tecfa: [http://tecfa2.unige.ch/guides/xml/local/saxon/doc [password protected ] local documentation]. Saxon has extension features that others (Xalan) have not. | ||
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* [http://xmlroff.sourceforge.net/ xmlroff]. Sun sponsored xsl formatter for productin PDF and PS (2/2003). Early Beta, [not tested yet]. | * [http://xmlroff.sourceforge.net/ xmlroff]. Sun sponsored xsl formatter for productin PDF and PS (2/2003). Early Beta, [not tested yet]. | ||
== | === XSLT Libraries === | ||
* [http://www.exslt.org/ EXSLT]. This is vital stuff for visualizations ! Some of these are implemented in XSLT processor, eg. libxslt (the popular processor also used in PHP) | * [http://www.exslt.org/ EXSLT]. This is vital stuff for visualizations ! Some of these are implemented in XSLT processor, eg. libxslt (the popular processor also used in PHP) | ||
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* [http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ FXSL -- the Functional Programming Library for XSLT] (powerful extensions in XSLT, e.g. a math module) | * [http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ FXSL -- the Functional Programming Library for XSLT] (powerful extensions in XSLT, e.g. a math module) | ||
== | === Editors and Plugins === | ||
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* [ | * See [[XML editor]]s | ||
[[Category: XML]] | [[Category: XML]] | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 30 May 2007
Definition
“XSLT is designed to transform XML documents into other XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one” (Wikipedia, retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST)).
“A transformation expressed in XSLT is called a stylesheet. A stylesheet contains a set of template rules. A template rule has two parts: a pattern which is matched against nodes in the source tree and a template which can be instantiated to form part of the result tree. This allows a stylesheet to be applicable to a wide class of documents that have similar source tree structures.” (XSL Transformations (XSLT), retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST))
“A transformation expressed in XSLT describes rules for transforming a source tree into a result tree. The transformation is achieved by associating patterns with templates. A pattern is matched against elements in the source tree. A template is instantiated to create part of the result tree. The result tree is separate from the source tree. The structure of the result tree can be completely different from the structure of the source tree. In constructing the result tree, elements from the source tree can be filtered and reordered, and arbitrary structure can be added.”(XSL Transformations (XSLT), retrieved 20:03, 30 May 2007 (MEST))
Tutorial
Links
Manuals
Specifications, standards and official propaganda
- Official Frameworks
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) Specification W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999 (Note: you also need Xpath)
- Transformations XSL (XSLT) Traduction fran�aise
- Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) W3C Recommendation October 2001 (this is XSL-FO basically!)
- Recommandation XSL-1 du W3C en version fran�aise (XSL-FO)
- See also: Associating stylesheets with XML documents (W3C proposed recommendation)
- See also: XML Path Language (XPath) W3C Recommendation (9/99, used to identify nodes in a XML tree, e.g. within XSLT or Xptr)
- Langage XML Path (XPath) (traduction fran�aise)
- Xpath 2.0 is used both by XSLT 2.0 and XQuery. [xquery-pointers.html XQuery] is an extension of XPath 2.0 and both XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 2.0 share the same data model. (these are working drafts in nov 2004).
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and OperatorsThis is the specification for functions used both by XQuery 1 and XPath 2.0 (XSLT 2). This still missed a lot, e.g. trigonometric functions that are a must for any kind of visualization. See EXSLT extensions.
FAQ's
NewsGroups and Mailing Lists
Tutorials
- XSL Concepts and Practical Use by Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh
- Chapters from the XML bible by E.R. Harold: XSLT, Xlinks and Xpointers. Direct acess: Iblio. See also his collection of Slides (full-day tutorial).
- XML and XSLT Programming, a Webreference.com tutorial
- XSLT by example at Objects by Design (They also have good XML->HTML tutorials)
- E.R. Harolds on-line Book Chapter on XSLT (good, the book too btw)
- Hands-on XSL, XSL for fun and diversion ( Don R. Day ). Explains nicely how a rule-based system works. Note: IBM developWorks has dozens of other XSLT-related articles.
- Introduction to XSL On-line reference tool by Miloslav Nic (part of his zvon tutorials)
- XSL Tutorials from Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh / Arbortext.
- XSL Tutorial (tutorial to download, by R.Costello)
- Walsh XSL Tutorial Good tutorial, but slide style. Also useful as on-line XSL reference !
- The Protean Power of Textual Transformation (registration required)
- Extending XSLT with EXSLT by Bob DuCharme, at xml.com (jan 2005)
XSL Templates and tricks
- Jeni's XSLT Pages Various very useful hints (mostly from postings to the XSL-List)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT_elements XSLT elements] List of XSLT elements at Wikipedia. This is a good page once you know your XSLT Basics
XSLFO Tutorials
(should be moved)
- XSL-FO (very good on-line BOOK)
- FOP Slide Kit. Technical article from Paul Sandoz (SUN) about slides with FOP
3.1 PHP's XSLT processor
- Using PHP 5's XSL extension to perform XSL Transformations, tutorial by Tony Marston (8/2004)
Software
XSLT/FO Processors
- SAXON The SAXON package is a collection of tools for processing XML documents, e.g. an XSL (XSLT and XPath).
INSTALLED at Tecfa: [password protected local documentation]. Saxon has extension features that others (Xalan) have not. - Gnome LibXML2 and it's associated XSLT C library. Used in PHP 5.0. There also command line tools for batch use, including xsltproc that also does XInclude. Installed @ Tecfa
- tkxsltproc is a GUI frontend for the Gnome libxslt packages (see above). MacOSX, Win, Linux [9/2004]
- Sablotron Sablotron is a fast, compact and portable XML toolkit implementing XSLT 1.0, DOM Level2 and XPath 1.0. Has some extensions, e.g. multiple output files. This is also the library used in PHP 4.x
- Apache / Xalan-J is a Java-based XSLT 1.0 processor. Works with Xerces-Java (XML parser). Both are also distributed with other Apache products, like FOP. (installed @ Tecfa)
- Apache / FOP is the world's first print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object tree and then turns it into a PDF document. Installed @ Tecfa.
- xmlroff. Sun sponsored xsl formatter for productin PDF and PS (2/2003). Early Beta, [not tested yet].
XSLT Libraries
- EXSLT. This is vital stuff for visualizations ! Some of these are implemented in XSLT processor, eg. libxslt (the popular processor also used in PHP)
- XSLT Standard Library. The downloads are also in a different place (4/01)
- XSL DocBook Stylesheets by Norman Walsh
- Gallery of Stupid XSL and XSLT Tricks
- XSLT transforms library J.M. Vanel 2000-2003 - under GNU Public Licence
- FXSL -- the Functional Programming Library for XSLT (powerful extensions in XSLT, e.g. a math module)
Editors and Plugins
- See XML editors