What Is XSLT?
XSLT is a language designed to transform one XML document into another, changing both its schema and content in the process. At its most primitive, XSLT is a text-processing system that enables the programmer to transform XML documents, or, if required, generate other standard markup languages such as HTML (or any text, for that matter).
In previous chapters, we have discussed the need for transformation as information moves between applications, so we will not devote our attention to it here. However, it is important to remember that XML documents are like messages. And because each application has its own unique set of application semantics, documents moving from application to application need to be transformed (see Figure 11.6 ...
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