HPR2425: Intro to XSL

Sure, you can use pandoc to process your Docbook XML, but why not learn a little XSL this weekend?

Requirements

You must have xsltproc installed. It's available from your software repository.

Here is some sample XML for you:

<xml version="1.0">
  <para>
    My name is <author>Foo</author>.
  </para>

  <para>
    You're listening to <emphasis role="bold">Hacker Public
    Radio</emphasis>.
  </para>
</xml>

And here's the complete XSL as demonstrated:

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

  <xsl:template match="para">
    <p><span><xsl:apply-templates/></span></p>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="emphasis">
    <em><xsl:apply-templates/></em>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="emphasis[@role='bold']">
    <strong><xsl:apply-templates/></strong>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="author" name="host">
    <xsl:choose>

      <xsl:when test="$host = 'Klaatu'">
        <xsl:text>Klaatu</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>

      <xsl:when test="$host = 'Gort'">
        <xsl:text>Gort</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Links

• Norm Walsh

• dpawson

• O'Reilly

• DM Schema

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