Subject: Resources for XSL newbies (was RE: help) From: Mike Brown <mbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:24:52 -0600 |
In the future, choose a better subject line than just "help". > I'm brand new to XSL and I am complitely lost. > Can anybody direct me to on-line material and manuals on XSL? OFFICIAL SPECS ============== A basic understanding of XML 1.0 is necessary before diving into XSL. The XML 1.0 Recommendation is at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml and there are many books and online resources that will help you understand XML. It will also help to understand Namespaces in XML, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names The latest drafts of the main XSL related specs can be found at: XPath: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath XSLT: http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xslt XSL: http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl You might find these of interest as well: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xptr TUTORIALS ========= The XSL Chapter from Elliotte Rusty Harold's XML Bible is a very good free resource. It is located at http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/updates/14.html Crane Softwrights Ltd has a nice tutorial called Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath, which I found extremely helpful. Part of it is free, but the whole thing will cost you $40. It's well worth it, IMHO. You get free updates. http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/training/ XSL NEWS AND SOFTWARE ===================== The official specs for XSL, XSLT, and XPath make more sense after you have read the tutorials and experimented with up-to-date tools. Lars Garshol maintains an annotated list of XML related software, including XSL tools, at http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/linker/XMLtools.html Robin Cover's SGML/XML Web Page has an exhaustive list of all things related to XSL. The URL is http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/xsl.html The W3C maintains a little XSL news, info and software page at http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/ And finally, pay attention to this mailing list. Good stuff here. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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