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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@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:44 AM > To: 'CBurdick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: XSLT book > > > From: CBurdick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CBurdick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > 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 > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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