xml to html - using xsl in html - xml xsl


  • The XSL and XML will work only in server side code. So, we should use web server to run this code.
  • To Know about XSL, XML to HTML we should know basics things these technical terms.

XSL:

  • The XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) is used to describe the styles for displaying XML.
  • The XSL defines the styles for the XML file elements and data that could be viewed in web browser.
  • The styles can be reused, so describe the styles in a single file that will be used in many XML files.

XML:

  • The XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is used to describe collection of data.
  • The XML code is w3c recommended format.
  • The XML structure contains nested of elements. The outermost element is called root element.
  • Each element has starting and ending tags.

HTML:

  • The HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is used to show the webpage contents like text, images, video and others.
  • The HTML contents are displayed in Web browser.

Sample coding for tutorial.xsl:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<html xsl:version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
      <body>
      <xsl:for-each select="wikitechy_tutorial/tutorial">
         <div style="background-color:#71a6fc;padding:4px">
             <span style="font-weight:bold">
      <xsl:value-of select="topic"/>
               </span>
         </div>
         <p style="margin-left:20px;font-size:14pt">
      <xsl:value-of select="description"/>The one stop for all your learning's need.
         </p>
      </xsl:for-each>
      </body>
</html>


Code Explanation for tutorial.xsl :

xml to xsl

  1. Version of xml and its version declared.
  2. version of XSL and namespace from w3 has been declared.
  3. For each element inside the wikitechy_tutorial as tutorial will be called in a loop for formatting.
  4. Styles for design the heading will be declared in