W3C STANDARD XSLT ELEMENTS

A listing and brief description of the 35 elements that compose the
W3C XSL Transformations (XSLT) Recommendation Version 1.0
released on 16 November 1999.

Element Name Description
xsl:apply-imports Applies imported template
xsl:apply-templates Applies a template
xsl:attribute Adds an attribute
xsl:attribute-set Defines a named attribute set
xsl:call-template Calls a named template
xsl:choose A conditional selection mechanism
xsl:comment XML comment
xsl:copy Copies node to output
xsl:copy-of Copies entire node to output
xsl:decimal-format Define converting numbers to strings
xsl:element Creates and adds a new element
xsl:fallback Alternative instructions
xsl:for-each Creates a looping mechanism
xsl:if Conditional branching mechanism
xsl:import Imports stylesheet
xsl:include Includes stylesheet
xsl:key Defines a key
xsl:message Adds message to output
xsl:namespace-alias Maps namespace to another
xsl:number Adds formatted number to output
xsl:otherwise Used with choose selection mechanism
xsl:output Controls output
xsl:param Defines parameters
xsl:preserve-space Handles white-space
xsl:processing-instruction Adds processing instruction to output
xsl:sort Defines how to sort
xsl:strip-space Handles white-space
xsl:stylesheet Defines the stylesheet
xsl:template Defines a template
xsl:text Adds text to output
xsl:transform Defines root element
xsl:value-of Inserts the value of the node
xsl:variable Declares variables
xsl:when Used with choose selection mechanism
xsl:with-param Passes parameters to template

 
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