Tip: Batch Processing XML with XSLT 2.0
By Jack Herrington2005-05-04
Resources
• Visit the XSL standards site at the W3C, a handy reference to XSL technologies and standards.
• Check out the XPath page at the W3C, which provides version and standard information.
• Download Saxon, the popular XSL processor that was used in the creation of this article.
• Read Michael Kay's XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference, the bible of XSLT. It's a fantastic introduction and a valuable reference work.
• While you're at it, pick up XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference by Michael Kay -- the ultimate reference by the man who wrote the W3C specification.
• See the HXDLG Web site for more information about the command-line tool and to download it.
• Read Code Generation in Action by Jack D. Herrington, which covers generating code for a wide variety of targets not limited to database access.
• Find out how XHTML 2.0 goes to great lengths to balance machine processing ability with authoring convenience in Micah Dubinko's article " Linking in XHTML 2.0" (developerWorks, March 2005).
• Find hundreds more XML resources on the developerWorks XML zone.
• Learn how you can become an IBM Certified Developer in XML and related technologies.
Tutorial Pages:
» Use Directory Listings in XML to Drive XSLT 2.0 Processing
» HXDLG to the Rescue!
» Test It Out
» Summary
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