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RE: XSL, XSLT terminology -- do you know this stuff well?
Subject:RE: XSL, XSLT terminology -- do you know this stuff well? From:"Nagai, Paul" <pnagai -at- inovant -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 10 May 2004 13:14:11 -0700
> 1) When if ever would I use a phrase like "in the XSL files"
> 2) When if ever would I use a phrase like "in the XSLT files"
> 3) When if ever would I use a phrase like "the XSL template"
> 4) When if ever would I use a phrase like "the XSLT template"
You probably you wouldn't ever say any of the four. You would say, "Add a formalpara template to the XSL Stylesheet to handle the recent dtd changes." Here "formalpara template" refers to a bit of XSL code that describes what to do with the element, formalpara.
> 5) When if ever would I use a phrase like "the XSL code"
> 6) When if ever would I use a phrase like "the XSLT code"
See how I used XSL code in my answer to your first four.
Two other terms to get a grip on:
XSL Processor: An application that uses XML files as input and XSL Stylesheets as instructions to "transorm" the XML source into something else.
XML Parser: An application (possibly built into your XSL Processor) that parses and validates the XML before passing it to the XSL Processor. Don't forget (you will anyway) that like character entities like & n b s p ; are never seen by XSL. They are resolved by the parser.
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