XSLT Introduction Training Course

XSLT and XPath Introduction

Review of XML and Namespaces
The place of XSLT
What are XSLT and XPath?
Transforming XML documents using XPath and XSLT

XSLT Processing model

The tree model
The transformation process
Defining and invoking Template rules
variables, expressions, data typesStylesheet structure

Modular structure
Import and include
Overriding stylesheets
Specifying priorities
Top-level elements
Template bodies

XPath expressions

XPath, XPointer and XSLT
XPath nodes and properties
Axes, node tests and predicates
Accessing elements, attributes, and other nodes
Node values
Expressions, operators and functions

Programming with XSLT

XSLT elements
Design patterns; pull and push models
Iteration, recursion and decisions
Creating and calling named templates
Defining and using variables
Defining and using parameters
Applying a style sheets to XML documents and DOMs

XSLT output

Formatting
Sorting
Numbering
Numeric output
Whitespace
Character encodings
XML, HTML and other output

Multiple documents in XSLT

Multiple input
Multiple output extensions Using
keys for crossreferencing and linking

The wider picture

Implementations of XSLT
XSLT resources
Extension functions
Future development of XSLT
XPath, Xpointer
XML-link
XML Schemas

XSL-FO

Basic formatting objects
Page Sequence
Lists
Tables
Graphics & images