XSL Concepts and Practical Use: Transformations

A Complete Example

This is a simple stylesheet that transforms source <para> and <emphasis> elements into HTML:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="para">
  <p><xsl:apply-templates/></p>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="emphasis">
  <i><xsl:apply-templates/></i>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

With this stylesheet, the following XML document:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<para>This is a <emphasis>test</emphasis>.</para>

Would be transformed into:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<p>This is a <i>test</i>.</p>

Note that this has been serialized as XML.