An XSLT page is a template made with HTML tags. It is a text document that is saved with the .xsl extension.
The main XSL tags are :
The first line is the same as an XML document. Since we are working with XML still, we have to specify that to the browser.
The next line...
Onto the next line...
After the template coding, the template command and stylesheet must be closed.
The main XSL tags are :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
template tags go in here.
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
template tags go in here.
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The first line is the same as an XML document. Since we are working with XML still, we have to specify that to the browser.
The next line...
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
Specifies that we are using XSL to format some information. The second part in the line is called a namespace. It connects to a set of instructions on the W3C site which will allow the XSL to work correctly.
Onto the next line...
<xsl:template match="/">
This starts the template area. The template area will hold the essentials of a normal HTML page. This will be used to format the data collected from the XML page.
After the template coding, the template command and stylesheet must be closed.
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
</xsl:stylesheet>
