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XSLT Developer's Guide

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`Authors:`	`Chris von See Nitin Keskar`
`ISBN:`	`0072194081`
`Price:`	`$49.99 US`
`Pages:`	`656`
`Pub:`	`Osborne/McGraw-Hill`

Book overview (from the publisher)

Maximize the capabilities of XSLT--Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations--with the advanced development strategies in this professional resource. Inside, you'll find full details on designing and building complex, data-driven applications with XSLT that transform XML source documents into interoperable business objects, a variety of presentation formats, and more. The book explains how to work with XSL and XPath and how to customize and reuse stylesheet logic. Deliver flexible, repurposed information using XSLT with help from this definitive guide.

About the Authors

Chris von See is a Senior Technical Director at eFORCE, Inc., a global provider of strategic eBusiness solutions for both Global 1000 organizations and digital innovators. He has seventeen years' experience in information systems, working with diverse technologies on platforms ranging from large mainframes to palmtop devices.

Nitin Keskar is a Technical Director at eFORCE, Inc., a global provider of strategic eBusiness solutions for both Global 1000 organizations and digital innovators. His eBusiness experience spans a wide variety of technologies including EAI, messaging/queueing, eCRM, Java, payment systems, wireless and video-on-demand.

Chapter contents

Ch. 1 An XML Primer

Ch. 2 An Introduction to XSLT

Ch. 3 XML and XSLT Applications

Ch. 4 The Structure of an XSLT Stylesheet

Ch. 5 Expressions

Ch. 6 Template Rules

Ch. 7 Creating the XSLT Result Tree

Ch. 8 Variables and Parameters

Ch. 9 Creating Stylesheet Output

Ch. 10 XSL/XSLT Power Programming

Ch. 11 Practical XSLT Examples