Hands On XSLT

• Hands-On XSLT
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• What Is XSL?
• Versions
• Part I: Basic XSLT
• The Process of an XSL Transformation
• XSLT Software
• Two Example XML Documents
• An XSLT Style Sheet
• Exercise 1: Running the XSLT Processor
• Template Rules
• Exercise 2: Template Rules
• Answer 2:
• Literal text
• Exercise 3: Literal Character Data and Markup
• Answer 4: Literal Character Data and Markup
• Adding the root
• Applying Templates
• The select attribute
• Exercise 4: Applying Templates
• Answer 4: Applying Templates
• Attributes
• Exercise 5: Attributes
• Answer 5: Attributes
• Attribute Value Templates
• Iteration with xsl:for-each
• Exercise 6: Iteration
• Answer 6: Iteration
• Matching Elements in Namespaces
• Exercise 7: Matching Elements in Namespaces
• Answer 7: Matching Elements in Namespaces
• Part II: XPath
• XPath Explorer
• Expressions to Try Out
• XPath Data Model
• Node Properties
• Location steps
• Axes
• Node Tests
• Exercise 8: Axes and Node Tests
• Answer 8: Axes and Node Tests
• Predicates
• Exercise 9: Predicates
• Answer 9: Predicates
• Multistep Location Paths
• Absolute location paths
• Abbreviated location paths
• Combining location paths with |
• General Expressions
• Data Types
• Literals
• Number Operators
• Exercise 10: Arithmetic
• Answer 10: Arithmetic
• Boolean Operators
• Exercise 11: Boolean Operators
• Answer 11: Boolean Operators
• Functions
• Node-set Functions
• Exercise 12: Node-set Functions
• Answer 12: Node-set Functions
• Number Functions
• Exercise 13: Number Formatting
• Answer 13: Number Formatting
• String functions
• Exercise 14: String Manipulation
• Answer 14: String Manipulation
• Boolean Functions
• Match patterns vs. XSLT Expressions
• Part III: More XSLT
• The Default Template Rules
• Testing conditions with xsl:if
• Exercise 15: Conditional Output
• Answer 15: Conditional Output
• xsl:choose
• Exercise 16: Selection
• Answer 16: Selection
• Sorting with xsl:sort
• Multiple Key Sorts
• Sort Options
• Exercise 17: Sorting
• Answer 17:
• Numbering Output
• Number Options
• Part IV: XSLT in Practice
• Where Does the Transformation Happen?
• Client Side Processing
• Exercise 18: Client Side Transformation
• What else does XSLT have?
• What does XSLT not have?
• Summary
• To Learn More
• Questions? Comments?

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