A Gentle Introduction to XSL

Basic Constructs

• Empty Elements within an XSL style sheet must end with a forward slash (/).
• An XSL style sheet follows the rules defined by XML. i.e.,
  
  <target-element type="title"/>
  
  
• XML is case sensitive. When defining rules for XML elements case must be uses, i.e., the following target elements are different:
  
  <target-element type="title"/>
  <target-element type="Title"/>
  
  
• The XSL style sheet must start with a <xsl> element.
• Each element must have an assigned <rule> element.
• Each <rule> contains at least one <target-element>
  • The <target-element> is the XML element that you want to process (style or maniuplate).