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Glossary > Computers >XSLT
XSLT
An XSLT stylesheet can be used to transform an XML document into another form. This could be another XML document, or a document in a different format altogether, such as PDF, HTML, or even Braille. XSLT stylesheets work as a series of templates which produce the desired formatting effect each time a given element is encountered. One of the most common uses of XSLT is to apply presentational markup to a document based on rules relating to the structural markup. For example, each time a "title" appears in the structural markup, the text within the element could be put into italics; or each time a "chapter heading" appears, it could be given a large, bold font and placed in the centre of the page. XSLT can also control the order in which elements and attributes are displayed. This means that tables of contents or indexes can be generated automatically on the basis of the content of a document. XSLT is itself an implementation of XML.
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