XSL LANGUAGE

XSL stands for EXtensible Stylesheet Language.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) started to develop XSL because there was a need for an XML-
based Stylesheet Language.

CSS = Style Sheets for HTML

HTML uses predefined tags, and the meaning of each tag is well understood.

The <table> tag in HTML defines a table - and a browser knows how to display it.

Adding styles to HTML elements are simple. Telling a browser to display an element in a special font or
color, is easy with CSS. 

XSL = Style Sheets for XML

XML does not use predefined tags (we can use any tag-names we like), and therefore the meaning of
each tag is not well understood.

A <table> tag could mean an HTML table, a piece of furniture, or something else - and a browser
does not know how to display it.

XSL describes how the XML document should be displayed!

XSL - More Than a Style Sheet Language

XSL consists of three parts:

 XSLT - a language for transforming XML documents

 XPath - a language for navigating in XML documents

 XSL-FO - a language for formatting XML documents

Xml code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!-- Edited by XMLSpy® -->

<catalog>

<cd>

<title>Empire Burlesque</title>

<artist>Bob Dylan</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>Columbia</company>

<price>10.90</price>

<year>1985</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Hide your heart</title>

<artist>Bonnie Tyler</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>CBS Records</company>

<price>9.90</price>

<year>1988</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Greatest Hits</title>

<artist>Dolly Parton</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>RCA</company>
 <price>9.90</price>

<year>1982</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Still got the blues</title>

<artist>Gary Moore</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Virgin records</company>

<price>10.20</price>

<year>1990</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Eros</title>

<artist>Eros Ramazzotti</artist>

<country>EU</country>

<company>BMG</company>

<price>9.90</price>

<year>1997</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>One night only</title>

<artist>Bee Gees</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Polydor</company>

<price>10.90</price>
 <year>1998</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Sylvias Mother</title>

<artist>Dr.Hook</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>CBS</company>

<price>8.10</price>

<year>1973</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Maggie May</title>

<artist>Rod Stewart</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Pickwick</company>

<price>8.50</price>

<year>1990</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Romanza</title>

<artist>Andrea Bocelli</artist>

<country>EU</country>

<company>Polydor</company>

<price>10.80</price>

<year>1996</year>
</cd>

<cd>

<title>When a man loves a woman</title>

<artist>Percy Sledge</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>Atlantic</company>

<price>8.70</price>

<year>1987</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Black angel</title>

<artist>Savage Rose</artist>

<country>EU</country>

<company>Mega</company>

<price>10.90</price>

<year>1995</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>1999 Grammy Nominees</title>

<artist>Many</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>Grammy</company>

<price>10.20</price>

<year>1999</year>

</cd>
<cd>

<title>For the good times</title>

<artist>Kenny Rogers</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Mucik Master</company>

<price>8.70</price>

<year>1995</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Big Willie style</title>

<artist>Will Smith</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>Columbia</company>

<price>9.90</price>

<year>1997</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Tupelo Honey</title>

<artist>Van Morrison</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Polydor</company>

<price>8.20</price>

<year>1971</year>

</cd>

<cd>
 <title>Soulsville</title>

<artist>Jorn Hoel</artist>

<country>Norway</country>

<company>WEA</company>

<price>7.90</price>

<year>1996</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>The very best of</title>

<artist>Cat Stevens</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Island</company>

<price>8.90</price>

<year>1990</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Stop</title>

<artist>Sam Brown</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>A and M</company>

<price>8.90</price>

<year>1988</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Bridge of Spies</title>
 <artist>T`Pau</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Siren</company>

<price>7.90</price>

<year>1987</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Private Dancer</title>

<artist>Tina Turner</artist>

<country>UK</country>

<company>Capitol</company>

<price>8.90</price>

<year>1983</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Midt om natten</title>

<artist>Kim Larsen</artist>

<country>EU</country>

<company>Medley</company>

<price>7.80</price>

<year>1983</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Pavarotti Gala Concert</title>

<artist>Luciano Pavarotti</artist>
 <country>UK</country>

<company>DECCA</company>

<price>9.90</price>

<year>1991</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>The dock of the bay</title>

<artist>Otis Redding</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>Atlantic</company>

<price>7.90</price>

<year>1987</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Picture book</title>

<artist>Simply Red</artist>

<country>EU</country>

<company>Elektra</company>

<price>7.20</price>

<year>1985</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Red</title>

<artist>The Communards</artist>

<country>UK</country>
 <company>London</company>

<price>7.80</price>

<year>1987</year>

</cd>

<cd>

<title>Unchain my heart</title>

<artist>Joe Cocker</artist>

<country>USA</country>

<company>EMI</company>

<price>8.20</price>

<year>1987</year>

</cd>

</catalog>

XSLT CODE:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!-- Edited by XMLSpy® -->

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">

<html>

<body>

<h2>My CD Collection</h2>

<table border="1">

<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
 <th>Title</th>

<th>Artist</th>

</tr>

<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">

<tr>

<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>

<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>

</tr>

</xsl:for-each>

</table>

</body>

</html>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

RESULT:

My CD Collection
Title Artist

Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan

Hide your heart Bonnie Tyler

Greatest Hits Dolly Parton

Still got the blues Gary Moore

Eros Eros Ramazzotti

One night only Bee Gees

Sylvias Mother Dr.Hook

Maggie May Rod Stewart

Romanza Andrea Bocelli

When a man loves a woman Percy Sledge

Black angel Savage Rose

1999 Grammy Nominees Many

For the good times Kenny Rogers

Big Willie style Will Smith

Tupelo Honey Van Morrison

Soulsville Jorn Hoel

The very best of Cat Stevens

Stop Sam Brown

Bridge of Spies T`Pau

Private Dancer Tina Turner

Midt om natten Kim Larsen

Pavarotti Gala Concert Luciano Pavarotti

The dock of the bay Otis Redding

Picture book Simply Red

Red The Communards

Unchain my heart Joe Cocker