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Summary

XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a powerful tool for transforming XML to other formats, such as HTML and PDF. It is at the heart of most XML applications and is a notoriously difficult language to understand. Mastering XSLT offers experienced XML developers comprehensive how-to information, plus an in-depth XSLT reference, including XPath. The book has a special emphasis on converting XML to HTML, a major application of XSLT. A entire section of the book focuses on specific implementation issues, including dealing with different kinds of non-XML output, such as special characters and math computations. Author Chuck White is a communications professional who has done extensive work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is President and Chief Creative Officer of The Tumeric Partnership, an integrated marketing communications firm, and is the lead author of Mastering XML, Premium Edition from Sybex. He is also webmaster for Javertising, a popular website for advertising and web development professionals.

Author Biography

Chuck White is a communications professional who has done extensive work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is President and Chief Creative Officer of The Tumeric Partnership, an integrated marketing communications firm, and is the lead author of Mastering XML, Premium Edition from Sybex. He is also webmaster for Javertising, a popular website for advertising and web development professionals.

Introduction

xix

Part 1 The Basics of XSLT

XSLT's Role

(34)

Stylesheet Structures

(22)

XSLT Templates

(58)

The XSLT Data Model

117

(26)

Expressions

143

(52)

Variables and Parameters in XSLT

195

(16)

Functions

211

(26)

Part 2 Processing Techniques

237

(308)

Managing Output

239

(26)

Looping, Iteration, and Conditionals

265

(34)

Grouping and Indexing

299

(54)

Managing Multiple Documents and Modularization

353

(52)

Sorting and Numbering

405

(40)

Generating Documentation and Comments

445

(32)

XSLT Extensions

477

(52)

Fallback in XSLT

529

(16)

Part 3 Generating HTML Files

545

(164)

Generating HTML

547

(36)

Generating Tables

583

(48)

Working with Forms

631

(44)

HTML: Special Considerations

675

(34)

Part 4 Special Outputting Issues

709

(171)

Outputting Strings and Special Characters

711

(38)

Math

749

(34)

Outputting SVG Using XSLT

783

(30)

Generating RTF and Other Non-XML Markup

813

(67)

Appendices

Appendix A XPath

837

(28)

Appendix B XML/XSL Resources

865

(10)

Appendix C An Introduction to Functional Programming with XSLT

875

(5)

Index

880

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