> 
> I am looking for validating XML against schema before 
> processing through XSLT.
> 
> Is it possible to validate using XSLT?? If not what other 
> ways to validate ??
> 

At present, you have to do this by running the schema validation and the
XSLT transformation as separate operations on the data. You should be
able to put this in a SAX pipeline to avoid parsing twice.

XSLT 2.0 provides for the concept of a "schema-aware XSLT processor"
which does what you are asking for (and a lot more). Watch this space
for an announcement of a schema-aware version of Saxon.

Michael Kay


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