RE: [xsl] XSL v. XSLT

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> What is the "difference" between XSL and XSLT?

The term "XSL" is used in at least four different ways:

(a) to mean "XSL Formatting Objects", an XML vocabulary for describing the
layout of pages, often used as the target vocabulary of an XSLT stylesheet
when creating printed output.

(b) to mean the set of W3C standards that includes XSLT and XSL Formatting
Objects (specifically, the standards for which the XSL Working Group is
responsible)

(c) (by Microsoft) to mean their WD-xsl language, which was loosely based on
an early working draft of the language that later became XSLT.

(d) by those who don't know any better, to mean XSLT.

Because of this confusion, it is best to avoid using the term XSL without
qualification.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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