Xslt 1.0 Pocket Reference

by Lenz, Evan

• ISBN13: 9780596100087
• ISBN10: 0596100086
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

There's been great anticipation surrounding the release of XSLT 2.0, the new version of the language that's critical for converting an XML document into another type of document. But XSLT 2.0's massive increase in complexity and continuing delays have put it on the shelf for a long time- Microsoft, for one, has scuttled plans to put version 2.0 in upcoming products such as Office and the next generation Windows operating system known as "Longhorn". So, XSLT 1.0 remains an essential tool for XML developers to master, but there's a dearth of books to help them learn current uses for this version. This handy pocket guide gets developers up to speed quickly on the basics of stylesheet structure, using template rules, creating a result tree, and how to apply conditional processing. Additional information is provided on transforming multiple source documents, keys, and number formatting. When it comes to XSLT, this book helps developers learn it quickly and learn it right.

Author Biography

Evan Lenz is an XML developer specializing in XSLT. He recently worked for Infopop Corporation as an interface engineer, and has served on the W3C XSL Working Group, spoken at various XML conferences, and co-authored O'Reilly's Office 2003 XML. Evan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Wheaton College (IL), with majors in Piano Performance and Philosophy. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Data Model	p. 1
Node Types	p. 1
Node Properties	p. 2
The XPath Language	p. 6
Data Types	p. 6
Expression Context	p. 7
Kinds of Expressions	p. 8
Node-Set Expressions	p. 9
Number Expressions	p. 19
String Expressions	p. 19
Boolean Expressions	p. 20
How XSLT Works	p. 23
Stylesheet Structure	p. 23
Processing Model	p. 24
Template Rule Content	p. 35
Whitespace Stripping	p. 39
Serializing the Result Tree	p. 40
XSLT Elements by Use Case	p. 41
Elements	p. 42
Top-Level Elements	p. 42
Instructions	p. 43
Special Elements	p. 44
QNames	p. 45
Element Reference	p. 45
Functions	p. 89
XPath Functions	p. 89
XSLT Functions	p. 90
Data Type Conversions	p. 90
Function Reference	p. 94
Extending XSLT	p. 108
Extension Functions	p. 108
Extension Elements	p. 109
EXSLT	p. 110
EXSLT-Common	p. 113
EXSLT-Dates and Times	p. 116
EXSLT-Functions	p. 129
EXSLT-Math	p. 133
EXSLT-Random	p. 136
EXSLT-Sets	p. 138
EXSLT-Dynamic	p. 140
EXSLT-Regular Expressions	p. 148
EXSLT-Strings	p. 152
XPath 1.0 Grammar	p. 159
XSLT Pattern Grammar	p. 164
Index	p. 165
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