XPath: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0 Kick Start

Chapter 5. XPath with XSLT

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Working with XSLT

• Techniques for Performing XSLT Transformations

• Creating Stylesheets

• Understanding the match and select Attributes

• Copying Nodes

• Handling Whitespace

• Making Choices with <xsl:if> and <xsl:choose>

• Understanding the Default Template Rules

• Displaying Messages While Processing XSLT Stylesheets

• Setting Output Document Type

• In Brief

Working with XSLT

We've already been using Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) throughout the book to show how XPath works, and in this chapter, we're going to take a closer look at XSLT. After all, XSLT is the major reason most people who use XPath 1.0 use XPath in the first place.

XSLT itself is really part of a larger specification, Extensible Stylesheet Language ...