Definitive XSLT and XPath
The definitive guide to XSLT and XPath—written by one of the world's leading authorities.Authoritative: By one of the world's leading XSLT/XPath expertsComplete: Covers every key facet of the XSLT/XPath W3C specificationsProven: Based on training materials used by leading corporationsPractical: Hundreds of examples analyzedConcise: Bullet-point, bite-size presentation helps you master XSLT/XPath fast!Whatever your XML applications—e-business, application integration, Web- and paper-based publishing, or content management—you need to master XSLT and XPath, today's key tools for transforming information into new and varied structured vocabularies and output formats.Definitive XSLT & XPathdelivers concise, authoritative coverage of every key facet of these W3C recommendations.Nobody has taught more about XSLT and XPath than G. Ken Holman—chair of OASIS's XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Subcommittee and long-time leader in the XML community. In this book, Holman draws upon live training materials to help you master the XSLT and XPath standards—fast—just as he's done for thousands of developers.Getting started with XSL transformations and the XML Path language: capabilities, concepts, and key techniquesAn in-depth introduction to the XPath data modelMastering XSLT's processing model and transformation environmentPractical techniques for XSLT stylesheet management and process controlAdvanced techniques: XPath and XSLT expressions, sorting, grouping, and moreXML-to-HTML transformation, basic XML-to-XSL formatting concepts, questions to ask XSLT/XPath tool vendorsWhen you're ready to get results, go straight to the source: G. Ken Holman'sDefinitive XSLT & XPath."The key to XML application development is transformations-converting XML data into other forms with XSLT and XPath. Ken Holman is the expert I rely on for advice on this subject. Now you can, too, with this book."—Charles F. Goldfarb