RE: XSLT book

["Jobin, Eric" <EJobin at us dot imshealth dot com>]

Just as a FYI:  Got the book last week and I cannot put it down.  Very good
book; direct to the point, easy to read with useful examples. You can't get
much better then that. This book is the perfect model of a great reference
work and belongs on every XML developer's desk.


Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kay Michael [SMTP:Michael.Kay@icl.com]
> Sent:	Monday, May 08, 2000 6:44 AM
> To:	'CBurdick@us.britannica.com'; 'xsl-list@mulberrytech.com'
> Subject:	RE: XSLT book
> 
> > From: CBurdick@us.britannica.com [mailto:CBurdick@us.britannica.com]
> > 
> > I saw your announcement on xsl-list regarding your new book.  I'm very
> > interested, but none of the online information on the book 
> > includes a Table of Contents for the book.
> > 
> Several people have asked for this. I'm asking Wrox to put the information
> on their web site, but meanwhile here is a synopsis:
> 
> XSLT Programmers Reference by Michael Kay
> ISBN 1-861003-12-9, published by Wrox Press
> 
> Summary of Contents
> 
> The first three chapters describe the concepts you need to understand in
> order to use XSLT.
> 
> Chapter 1: XSLT in Context
> Describes the task XSLT is designed to perform (transformation). Explains
> the relationship with other standards in the XML family. Describes the
> history of XSLT and the principal characteristics of the language, and
> gives
> some usage scenarios.
> 
> Chapter 2: The XSLT Processing Model
> Describes the way in which an XSLT processor transforms an input tree into
> an output tree. Gives a detailed description of the tree model. Explains
> how
> template rules are selected for processing individual nodes. Defines the
> way
> XSLT uses variables, expressions, and data types.
> 
> Chapter 3: Stylesheet structure
> Explains the characteristics of a stylesheet. Stylesheet modules and the
> xsl:include and xsl:import elements. The <xsl:stylesheet> element and the
> <?xml-stylesheet?> processing instruction. Top-level elements. Simplified
> stylesheets; template bodies; instructions, extension elements, and
> literal
> result elements. Attribute Value Templates. Extensibility: extension
> functions and extension elements; forwards compatibility. Whitespace
> handling.
> 
> Chapters 4 to 7 contain reference information: detailed specifications,
> usage advice, and examples.
> 
> Chapter 4: XSL Elements.
> Detailed specifications of each XSL element, in alphabetical order. In
> each
> case giving the syntax rules, a description of the effect, examples, and
> usage advice.
> 
> Chapter 5: XPath Expressions
> Detailed definition of the XPath expression syntax, listing the constructs
> in alphabetical order. For each construct the chapter includes as well as
> the syntax, a description of the effect, examples, and usage advice.
> 
> Chapter 6: Patterns
> Detailed definition of the XSLT Pattern syntax. For each construct the
> chapter includes as well as the syntax, a description of the effect,
> examples, and usage advice.
> 
> Chapter 7: Functions
> Detailed definition of all the XSLT and XPath functions, listed in
> alphabetical order. For each function the chapter includes as well as the
> syntax, a description of the effect, examples, and usage advice.
> 
> Chapters 8 to 10 contain additional information designed to help you get
> the
> most of XSLT.
> 
> Chapter 8: Design Patterns
> Describes four design patterns for XSLT stylesheets: fill-in-the-blanks,
> navigational stylesheets, rule-based stylesheets, and computational
> stylesheets. In the last case the chapter gives a detailed description of
> how to solve particular computational tasks given that XSLT is a language
> free of side-effects, for example it discusses how to write recursive
> templates.
> 
> Chapter 9: Worked Examples
> This chapter gives three detailed descriptions of practical
> production-quality stylesheets.
> 
> Chapter 10: XSLT Processors
> This chapter gives descriptions of those XSLT processors available at the
> time of writing, with detailed coverage of Microsoft MSXML3, Oracle XSL,
> Apache Xalan, the author's own Saxon product, and James Clark's xt.
> 
> Appendix A: MSXML3
> Reference API information for MSXML3
> 
> Appendix B: Glossary
> 
> Index
> 
> 
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