Training
Introduction to XSLT

Duration: 3 days
Description: This course introduces non-programmers to the capabilities and syntax of an XSLT transformation program. Topics covered include:

• XSL, XSLT and XPath
• The tree processing model
• XSLT processors
• Stylesheet root and template elements
• Basic element and attribute transformations
• Traversing the tree using XPath
• Comments, entities and other constructs
• Control statements
• String processing
• Whitespace Issues
• Organizing stylesheets: includes, templates, variables and parameters
• Other XSLT features

Format: The course consists of lectures/demonstrations by the instructor punctuated by hands-on exercises by the attendees.

Comments: This course focuses on basic operations that are commonly found in XML to HTML transformations; namely, mapping elements and attributes in the input XML instance to HTML tags on output. Beginning with an overview of the XSLT processing model, the training will quickly move to hands-on creation of XSLT stylesheets.