Re: [xsl] XSL Sites

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 01/05/30 19:03 -0600, Sheryl Garde wrote:
>I'm just new to XSL/XML stuffs. Could someone help me
>better understand all about XSL/XML. Maybe you could
>give me a better site wherein i can be able to understand/
>study about XSL/XML.
>
>One more thing, im quite confuse about this. What is the
>difference between XSL and XSLT/XPath/XSLFO? Maybe someone
>could clarify this for me..

We have written a book on this and it is sold electronically from our web 
site.  As an indication of the style and detail of the book, the entire 
text of the first two chapters and the appendices are available for free 
download.

Here is the metadata for it:

   Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath
   (XSL Transformations and the XML Path Language)
   Ninth Edition - 2001-01-19 - ISBN 1-894049-06-3
   Copyright (c) 2001 Crane Softwrights Ltd.
   / 375 Pages / Subscription price includes free updates
   /           / and separate copy of all example files.
   /           / Free 137-page download preview excerpt.

The first two freely downloadable chapters detail the context and purpose 
of these Recommendations.

The book can be purchased as a single copy, a site-wide staff license, or 
as a world-wide staff license.  Purchase of any edition of a title entitles 
the customer to all future editions of the same title at no charge (some 
customers have purchased the first edition book and have received eight 
free books since).  A new edition is published every 4 to 6 months now that 
XSLT and XPath have been stabilized (earlier editions tracked working drafts).

Details can be found through the "Book Sales" link at the top of the web 
site page addressed below.

A subset of the book is used for instructor-led training that either we run 
ourselves or various training organizations around the world license for 
their own deliveries.

All of the book content is authored in XML, and XSLT is used to create the 
many derivations of the single source.  DSSSL is currently used to render 
the PDF files for the "Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath" book, 
while the "Practical Formatting Using XSLFO" book currently in development 
is rendered to PDF using XSLFO.  We practice what we preach about markup 
technologies and this real-world practice feeds the development of the 
material.

I hope this helps.

......................... Ken


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G. Ken Holman                      mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com
Crane Softwrights Ltd.               http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/
Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0     +1(613)489-0999   (Fax:-0995)
Web site:     XSL/XML/DSSSL/SGML/OmniMark services, training, products.
Book:  Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath ISBN 1-894049-06-3
Article: What is XSLT? http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/08/holman/index.html
Next public instructor-led training:      2001-05-14,05-15,05-16,05-17,
-                                         05-21,05-22,06-18,06-21,09-19

Training Blitz: 3-days XSLT/XPath, 2-days XSLFO in Ottawa 2001-06-18/22


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