XSLT and XSL-FO Training (XSL502)

This XSL training class teaches developers how to use XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 to transform XML documents into HTML, plain text and other XML formats with XSLT and to PDF with XSL-FO.

1. XSLT Basics
   1. eXtensible Stylesheet Language
   2. The Transformation Process
   3. An XSLT Stylesheet
   4. Output Types
   5. Elements and Attributes
2. XPath
   1. XPath in XSLT
   2. XPath Expression
   3. Path Expressions
   4. Node Test
   5. Axis
   6. Predicate
   7. Accessing Nodes (exercise)
   8. Abbreviated Syntax
   9. Accessing Nodes with Abbreviated Syntax (exercise)
   10. Understanding the Enhanced Data Model in XPath 2.0 and Beyond
   11. XPath Functions
   12. XPath Operators
   13. Using XPath Functions and Operators (exercise)
3. Flow Control
   1. Looping in XSLT
   2. Looping with xsl:for-each (exercise)
   3. Sorting with XSLT
   4. Looping and Sorting (exercise)
   5. Conditions with XSLT
   6. Conditionals (exercise)
4. Templates Parameters Variables
   1. xsl:apply-templates
   2. Using xsl:apply-templates (exercise)
   3. xsl:call-template
   4. Passing Parameters
   5. Using xsl:call-template (exercise)
   6. Removing Content
   7. Template Modes
   8. Template Priority
   9. XSLT Variables
5. Multiple Documents
   1. Including XSLTs
   2. Importing XSLTs
   3. Conflict Resolution
   4. Multiple Input and Output Documents
   5. Reusing Templates (exercise)
6. Grouping and Keys
   1. Grouping
   2. Grouping Songs By Artist (exercise)
   3. Key Basics
   4. Creating a Simple Key (exercise)
   5. Improving Performance with Keys
   6. Improving Performance with Keys (exercise)
7. Regular Expressions
   1. Regular Expression Syntax
   2. Functions that Use Regular Expressions
   3. The xsl:analyze-string instruction
   4. Using xsl:analyze-string (exercise)
8. User-defined Functions
   1. User-Defined Functions
   2. User-Defined Functions (exercise)
9. Advanced XSLT Techniques
   1. Working with Namespaces
   2. Working with Numbered Lists
   3. Outputting Processing Instructions
   4. Copying Nodes
10. Tying It All Together - XSLT
    1. Transforming the Business Letter (exercise)
11. Formatting Objects Basics
    1. The purpose of XSL-FO
    2. How XSL-FO Works
       1. XSL-FO Document Parts
       2. An XSL-FO Example
       3. The Root Element: root
       4. layout-master-set and simple-page-master
       5. Regions
       6. page-sequence
       7. flow and static-content
       8. block
    3. Static Content
       1. region-before and region-after
       2. static-content
12. Blocks and Inlines
    1. Formatting Blocks
       1. Box Model
       2. Border
       3. Space, Indent and Padding
       4. Background
       5. A Formatting Example
       6. Formatting Text
    2. Inline Elements
    3. Inheritance
       1. wrapper
    4. Creating Lists
       1. list-block
       2. list-item
       3. list-item-label
       4. list-item-body
    5. Whitespace
13. Page Layout
    1. Page Masters
    2. Simple Layout
       1. fo:simple-page-master
       2. fo:region-body
       3. fo:region-before, fo:region-after, fo:region-start, and fo:region-end
    3. page-sequence-master
       1. Creating a Cover Page
       2. Odd and Even Pages
    4. Blank Pages
       1. break-before and break-after
    5. Columns
14. Links and Graphics
    1. External Links
    2. Graphics
    3. Internal Links
15. Tying It All Together: XSL-FO
    1. Tying it all Together
16. Keeps, Orphans, and Widows
    1. Keep Constraints
       1. keep-with-previous and keep-with-next
       2. keep-together
    2. Orphans and Widows
17. Leaders, Markers and Page Numbers
    1. The Output
    2. Table of Contents
       1. Page Numbering
    3. Leaders
    4. Markers
18. Tables
    1. Creating Tables
       1. fo:table
       2. fo:table-column
       3. fo:table-header, fo:table-body, fo:table-footer
       4. fo:table-row
       5. fo:table-cell
19. Footnotes and Floats
    1. Footnotes
       1. xsl-footnote-separator
    2. Floats

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this XML class: