Lecture 5 & 6 - XSL and XPATH

Question 1

What are the two XML style sheet languages?

Answer 1

1) Extensible stylesheet language (transformations): XSLT

2) XSL Formatting Objects: XSL-FO

Question 2

What are the general coding points in regards to XSLT

Answer 2

1) The stylesheet is xml and should begin with the xml declaration
2) The root of the sheet must set-up the xsl namespace

Question 3

1) What are the three elements of a stylesheet called?

2) what do these rules use?

Answer 3

1) Template Rules

2) XPATH Expressions

Question 4

What us XPATH Expressions?

Answer 4

XPATH is a separate language that identifies particular parts of an XML document.

We write XPATH in short expressions.

For example “/” is an XPATH expression indicating the document root

We embed XPATH expressions into the stylesheet
Mostly in template rules

Question 5

What is the basic form of an XSLT template rule?

Answer 5

The cat sat on the mat

The rule would match the root of the document
The only output would be The cat sat on the mat