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XSLT and XPATH A Guide to XML Transformations

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ISBN-10: 0130404462

ISBN-13: 9780130404466

Edition: 2002

Authors: Zarella L. Rendon, John Robert Gardner

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Using XSLT and XPath, developers can take full advantage of virtually any XML data in both Web applications and printed documents. Guide to XML Transformations: XSLT & XPath delivers a thorough understanding of the concepts and inner workings of Xpath and the XSLT processing model. Leading XSL experts Zarella Rendon and John Robert Gardner teach XSLT and XPath through extensive example code, explained line by line. Guide to XML Transformations assumes basic HTML and/or skills, but no familiarity with programming concepts. Readers can utilize its hands-on exercises to quickly begin performing substantive transformations of XML to HTML and, soon after, to virtually any other format. The…    
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Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/26/2001
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 592
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Anatomy of an XSLT Stylesheet
What Is Markup? What Is XSLT?
What Is XPath?
XSLT Stylesheet Concepts
Terminology for XSLT
Climbing `Round the Family Tree: Addressing in XSLT
Fundamental Concepts of XSLT Stylesheets
Boilerplates for XSLT Stylesheets
Embedding Stylesheets in XML Documents
XSLT Stylesheet Terminology
XML Components of XSLT Stylesheets
Advanced Stylesheet Concepts
Templates: The Building Blocks of Transformations
Built-in Template Rules
XPath Expressions
XPath Syntax and Terminology
Abbreviations
XPath Functions
XPath Function Library
The Node-set Core Function Group
String Core Function Group
Boolean Core Function Group
Number Core Function Group
Building New XML Documents with XSLT
Creating Elements with LREs
The Instruction Element
Creating Attributes with the Instruction Element
The Top-Level Element
The Instruction Element
Adding Attributes to LREs
Comments and Processing-Instructions
Namespace Aliases
Using Multiple Stylesheets
Working with External Stylesheets
Template Rule Processing and Priorities
Working with Variables
Declaring and Binding Variables
Result Tree Fragments
Using Variable References
Comparing and Comparing to and
Duplication, Iteration, and Conditional XSLT Elements
The Instruction Element
The Instruction Element
The Instruction Element
The Element
The Instruction Element
The Instruction Element
The Instruction Element
Controlling Output Options
The Top-Level Element
The and Top-Level Elements
Generating Error Messages and Logs
XSLT Functions and Related XSLT Elements
XSLT Function Groups
String XSLT Functions
The Boolean XSLT Function Group
XSLT Processors, Extensions, and Java
XSLT Processors
Extension Elements and Functions
Namespaces
Java
Commercial XSLT Processors
Xalan, Saxon, and XT
Xalan
Saxon
XT
Generating Multiple Output Files Using Saxon, Xalan, or XT
Case Studies
Lists
MARC Records: The ATLAS Project from ATLA-CERTR at Emory University
The Harvard-Kyoto Classics Project with Vedic Literature
Grouping Using the Muenchian Method
Using XSLT for the Artificial Intelligence "N-Queens" Problem
Architecture
The Stylesheet
Final notes
Index