Transforming and Formatting XML

Overview/Description
To use XSLT and XSL-FO syntax to transform XML documents

Target Audience
Existing application and web developers wishing to attain competency in the use of advanced XML techniques; systems analysts and systems designers needing a thorough knowledge of XML for the development of web-enabled applications.

Prerequisites
familiarity with XML syntax; knowledge of the basic XML document model (prolog, body, epilog); an understanding of the importance of well-formedness in XML; an understanding of XML parsing and processing; prior experience with programming and markup languages. In addition, prior experience of stylesheet formatting (e.g. CSS) would be an advantage.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.7

Lesson Objectives

Transforming and Formatting XML

use template rules to set up an XSL transformation.

identify the XPath syntax that enables you to navigate and select data in XML tree hierarchies.

use XSL-FO to format XML data.

use XSLT and XSL-FO syntax in documents used to transform XML documents.

identify the syntax required to implement programmatic flow control in XSLT documents.

use XSLT to transform data from an XML document and output it as XML.

identify the XSL elements that support the sorting and grouping of XML documents.

identify the XSL elements that support the inclusion and merging of multiple and master style sheets.

use XSLT syntax to perform advanced transformations of XML documents.