.TH xslt pj "4 July 2005"
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XSLT Notes
.SH DESCRIPTION
Here is a template to get you started with your stylesheet:
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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
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</xsl:stylesheet>
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The <xsl:output> tag has all kinds of general-purpose functions. You can specify whether you're outputting text, xml, or html. You can also specify an output DTD like this:
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<xsl:output doctype-system="my/spec.dtd"/>
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To do an XSLT noop, outputting the same document you receive, do this:
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<xsl:template match="/">
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	<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
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</xsl:template>
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To select a node using criteria in other nodes, use square brackets. For example, say you've got this (contrived) XML and you want just the First Name:
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<employee>
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	<attribute key="First Name"><value>Joe</value></attribute>
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	<attribute key="Last Name"><value>Smith</value></attribute>
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	<attribute key="Department"><value>Marketing</value></attribute>
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</employee>
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You can select it like this:
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<xsl:value-of select="/employee/attribute[@key='First Name']/value" />
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.SH AUTHOR
Paul Jungwirth
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2005 Paul Jungwirth