• Author:
  • White, Chuck
• Subject:
  Computer Programming / Software Development
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  27/06/2002
• Price:
  $74.99
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XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a powerful tool for transforming XML to other formats, such as HTML and PDF. It is at the heart of most XML applications and is a notoriously difficult language to understand. Mastering XSLT offers experienced XML developers comprehensive how-to information, plus an in-depth XSLT reference, including XPath. The book has a special emphasis on converting XML to HTML, a major application of XSLT. A entire section of the book focuses on specific implementation issues, including dealing with different kinds of non-XML output, such as special characters and math computations. Author Chuck White is a communications professional who has done extensive work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is President and Chief Creative Officer of The Tumeric Partnership, an integrated marketing communications firm, and is the lead author of Mastering XML, Premium Edition from Sybex. He is also webmaster for Javertising, a popular website for advertising and web development professionals.

Chuck White is a communications professional who has done extensive work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is President and Chief Creative Officer of The Tumeric Partnership, an integrated marketing communications firm, and is the lead author of Mastering XML, Premium Edition from Sybex. He is also webmaster for Javertising, a popular website for advertising and web development professionals.

Introduction.

Part 1: The Basics of XSLT.

Chapter 1: XSLT’s Role.

Chapter 2: Stylesheet Structures.

Chapter 3: XSLT Templates.

Chapter 4: The XSLT Data Model.

Chapter 5: Expressions.

Chapter 6: Variables and Parameters in XSLT.

Chapter 7: Functions.

Part 2: Processing Techniques.

Chapter 8: Managing Output.

Chapter 9: Looping, Iteration, and Conditionals.

Chapter 10: Grouping and Indexing.

Chapter 11: Managing Multiple Documents and Modularization.

Chapter 12: Sorting and Numbering.

Chapter 13: Generating Documentation and Comments.

Chapter 14: XSLT Extensions.

Chapter 15: Fallback in XSLT.

Part 3: Generating HTML Files.

Chapter 16: Generating HTML.

Chapter 17: Generating Tables.

Chapter 18: Working with Forms.

Chapter 19: HTML: Special Considerations.

Part 4: Special Outputting Issues.

Chapter 20: Outputting Strings and Special Characters.

Chapter 21: Math.

Chapter 22: Outputting SVG Using XSLT.

Chapter 23: Generating RTF and Other Non-XML Markup.

Appendices.

Appendix A: XPath.

Appendix B: XML/XSL Resources.

Appendix C: An Introduction to Functional Programming with XSLT.

Index.