[XML VQG] 2. XSLT (5)

Let's resume learning XSLT. I should start from clarify the basic terminology of XSLT.

• XSL: eXtensible Stylesheet Language
  
  XSL is a specification that provides several methods to format XML documents.
  W3C divided XSL into two parts:
  
  
  
  • XSLT: XSL Transformations
    
    Typically used when transforming XML documents into another XML documents or HTML documents. Some web browsers are capable of formatting XML files with XSLT.
    
    An XSLT processor transforms an XML document with an XSLT style sheet document.
    
    The XSLT style sheet contains templates that define instructions on how to transform nodes in the XML document.
    
  
  
  • XSL-FO: XSL Formatting Objects
    
    Typically used when transforming XML files into PDF files directly. No browser can deal with XSL-FO, so it needs dedicated application.