What is XSL?
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) is used to refer to a family of languages used for transforming and rendering XML documents.
The XSL Working Group at the W3C produced a draft specification under the name XSL, which eventually split into three parts:
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) an XML language for transforming XML documents.
- XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) an XML language for specifying the visual formatting of an XML document.
- XML Path Language (XPath) a non-XML language used by XSLT for addressing the parts of an XML document.
XSL Essentials - W3C
XSL Family | XSL 1.1 | XSL Transformations (XSLT) | XPath 1.0
Getting Started
- Introduction to XSL - Jennifer Kyrnin.
- What is XSLT? - G. Ken Holman.
- XSLT - The Basics - Jennifer Kyrnin.
- XSLT Tutorial - W3Schools.
- XSLT Tutorial - Miloslav Nic.
XSL References
- XSLT Reference - Miloslav Nic.
- XSLT Element Reference - W3Schools.
Recommended Reading
XSLT, Second Edition
The updated edition of this book offers practical, real-world examples that demonstrate how you can apply XSLT stylesheets to XML data using either the new specification, or the older XSLT 1.0 standard. Want to find out how the 2.0 specification improves on the old? This book will explain.
See also: XSLT Cookbook, Second Edition
Assorted Articles About XSL & XSLT
- Get XSL To Do Your Dirty Work - Kevin Yank.
- Improving an XML feed display through CSS and XSLT - Evagoras Charalambous.
- Making RSS Pretty - Sean Burke.
- Transforming XML - Robert DuCharme.
- Transforming XML: Automating Stylesheet Creation - Bob DuCharme.
- XML to XHTML Transformations with XSLT Processors - Steven Holzner.
- XSL Concepts and Practical Use - Paul Grosso.
- XSLT: Advanced - Jennifer Kyrnin.
See also: XML