XSLT is a standard created by World Wide Web Consortium, designed for creating formatting structures that allow for the interpretation and modification of XML elements.eXtensible Stylesheet Language, or XSL was created similarly to XML. After submission to W3C and several working drafts, it was released in 2000. It's goals are mainly similar with XML, more specifically aiming for a quick designing process, being transparent to users and developers, easy to use, with as few as possible optional features and being suitable for use over the
This specification defines the syntax and semantics of XSLT, which is a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents.XSLT is designed for use as part of XSL, which is a stylesheet language for XML. In addition to XSLT, XSL includes an XML vocabulary for specifying formatting. XSL specifies the styling of an XML document by using XSLT to describe how the document is transformed into another XML document that uses the formatting vocabulary.
XSLT is also designed to be used independently of XSL. However, XSLT is not intended as a
XSLT allows you to create formatting structures which interpret and modify the existing XML elements. Learn about the syntax of XSLT elements, how the namespace attribute differs depending on the browser in use, and how to transform original XML elements.
XSL or eXtensible Stylesheet Language began life in much the same way as XML -- as a submission to the W3C. The W3C quickly released several working drafts before the final working draft was released in 2000. It shared some common design goals with XML, namely:
A quick design
XML is simply markup for data. That's it. XML is not a magic wand; it does not specify how data is transmitted over the wire, it does not specify how data is stored. XML simply determines the format of the data: what you do with the data is up to you. That said, the real power behind XML is not solely its ability to represent data: XML's real power lies in ancillary technologies that, when combined with XML, provide robust solutions, and XPath is one of those ancillary technologies.
Version 1.0 of the XML Path Language became a World Wide Web
Abstract
XPath is a language for addressing parts of an XML document, designed to be used by both XSLT and XPointer.
Status of this document
This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from other documents. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the
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