XSLT - XSL Transformations
XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) consists of two parts: XSL Transformations and
XSL Formatting Objects.
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An XSLT stylesheet is an XML document defining a
transformation for a class of XML documents.
- A stylesheet seperates contents and logical structure from presentation.
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Not intended as completely general-purpose XML
transformation language - designed for XSL Formatting
Objects.
Nevertheless: XSLT is generally useful.
The basic idea:
The basic design:
XSLT is declarative and based on pattern-matching and templates.