XML : eXtensible Markup Language :: Introduction to XSLT [XML Stylesheet Language Transformation]

• What is XSLT?
• Structure of XSLT
• Components Required for XSL Transformation
• XSL Template
• Download Examples

• XSL is a specification from the W3C.
• XSL is a family of languages which allows one to describe how files encoded in the XML standard are to be formatted or transformed.
• XSLT is the most important part of XSL
• XSLT is used to transform an XML document into another XML document, or another type of document that is recognized by a browser, like HTML and XHTML.
• Normally XSLT does this by transforming each XML element into an (X)HTML element.
• With XSLT you can add/remove elements and attributes to or from the output file.
• You can also rearrange and sort elements, perform tests and make decisions about which elements to hide and display, and a lot more.

• The stylesheet is a well-formed XML document.
• The top-level element in the stylesheet:

• To make the XML document compliant with the XSLT specification, add following element to the XML document
• XSLT is an XML application that transforms one XML document to another XML document or format.

The components are required for an XSLT transformation:

• XML document
• XSL stylesheet [ File name should have extension .xsl ]
• XSLT processor

Note:- An XSLT processor is an application that connects an XSLT stylesheet to an XML document.

Click Here to download the xml file of emp.xml

Output

1. Click here to download Example1
2. Click here to download Example2