Other Programming Languages, XML, SGML, & Other Document Mark-up Languages

Xslt Programmer's Reference

Name: Xslt Programmer's Reference
Author: Kay
ISBN: 9781861005069

by Kay

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"This book is for programmers who want to learn how to use the XSLT language for developing web applications. The book is in four parts: a detailed introduction to the concepts of the language, a reference section giving comprehensive specifications and working examples of every feature, a development guide giving design advice and case studies for the advanced user, and a product reference detailing the features and usage of the latest versions of Microsoft MSXML, Apache Xalan, Oracle XML, open source Saxon, the TRAX API and other processors and tools."--BOOK JACKET.

About the Author, Kay

Michael Kay has spent most of his career as a software designer and systems architect with ICL, the IT services supplier. As an ICL Fellow, he divides his time between external activities and mainstream projects for clients, mainly in the area of electronic commerce and publishing. His background is in database technology: he has worked on the design of network, relational, and object-oriented database software products as well as a text search engine. In the XML world he is known as the developer of the open source Saxon product, the first fully-conformant implementation of the XSLT standard.

Michael lives in Reading, Berkshire with his wife and daughter. His hobbies, as you might guess from the examples in this book, include genealogy and choral singing.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
As we've often said, the true power of XSL lies in its ability to transform content for myriad uses. The language XSL uses to perform this magic is XSLT. It's flexible, customizable, cross-platform, and (as author Michael Kay observes), notoriously difficult to understand. That's why you need Kay's XSLT 1.1 Programmer's Reference, Second Edition.

Kay begins by offering needed context -- helping you understand what XSLT can do, how it evolved from the even more bewildering DSSSL, and its key attributes (for example, its reliance on rules and on XML syntax). Kay reviews the XSLT processing model, as well as the structure of XSLT stylesheets. Next, he offers an example-rich reference to XSLT's key elements, expressions, patterns, and functions.

All the examples in this new Second Edition have been updated to reflect improvements in the XSLT 1.1 standard and the latest generation of XSLT parsers. You'll also find a new chapter on writing extension functions, which enable you to call custom C functions from an XSL stylesheet.

The book includes appendices covering the latest parsers, including Microsoft's MSXML3, Xalan, Oracle, and Kay's own well-regarded SAXON processor. (Bill Camarda)

Bill Camarda is a consultant and writer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.

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This reference defines the syntax rules, attributes, effect, and usage of the key language features of XSLT, and offers design advice and case studies for the advanced user. Elements, expressions, patterns, and functions are listed alphabetically in separate sections. The second edition reflects the new working draft of XSLT 1.1., and adds more descriptions of XSLT products. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR