eXtensible Stylesheet Language

The eXtensible Stylesheet Language is divided into two sub-languages: eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) and eXtensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects (XSL-FO). In this lesson, we will be looking at the basics of XSLT, which is used to transform XML documents.

XSLT documents are well-formed XML documents that describe how another XML document should be transformed. For XSLT to work, it needs an XML document to transform and an engine to make the transformation take place. In addition, parameters can be passed in to XSLTs providing further instructions on how to do the transformation.

The diagram below shows how this all works.

1. XML Schema Tutorial
2. XSL-FO Tutorial
3. XML Tutorial
4. ColdFusion and XML Tutorial