Course Information
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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XSLT Fundamentals
$250.00
Dates: April 7 - May 4Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
This hands-on course will introduce students to the fundamentals of the XSL Transformation language (XSLT) for manipulating and transforming XML documents and data. At its core, a transformation expressed in XSLT describes rules for transforming input data into output data.
We recommend taking our Introduction to XML course before taking this class.
Course Description
This hands-on course will introduce students to the fundamentals of the XSL Transformation language (XSLT) for manipulating and transforming XML documents and data. At its core, a transformation expressed in XSLT describes rules for transforming input data into output data.
Some of the rules and topics we’ll cover will include:
- XPath 2.0 and 3.0 basics and functions
- XSLT templates, template rules, and template processing
- XSLT variables
- A host of XSLT functions
- Repetitive and Conditional processing
- Using XSLT to work with and output JSON
We’ll focus primarily on XSLT v.2.0 and the latest XSLT version, v.3.0.
As we learn how to build XSL stylesheets, we’ll also focus on some best practices around XSLT structure, syntax, and approaches to transforming data.
Students should have a basic knowledge of XML and XPath before starting the course, but no knowledge of XSLT is necessary. The natural way to prepare would be to take Transforming and Querying XML with XSLT and XQuery first.
We recommend taking our Introduction to XML course before taking this class.
Robert Chavez
Robert Chavez holds a PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. From 1994-1999 he worked in the Library Electronic Text Resource Service at Indiana University Bloomington as an electronic text specialist. From 1999-2007 Robert worked at Tufts University at the Perseus Project and the Digital Collections and Archives as a programmer, digital humanist, and institutional repository program manager. He currently works for the New England Journal of Medicine as Content Applications Architect.
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