What is an XSL stylesheet?
An XSL stylesheet contains a set of rules, which specify how a specific element in an XML document is to be presented. Stylesheets define the layout of the document: they can specify which elements are to be displayed, and in what order. The rules can also specify the font to use, the size of the text, as well as spacing on the page and other display properties. The use of a stylesheet does not change the original file, and this is one of its great assets. XML tags are typically used to mark the semantics of what is in a file, not its presentation. It is the stylesheet which takes that information and presents it in an appropriate format. Several presentation formats may in fact be used to display a single XML page, depending on the needs or preferences of the user. XSL is the W3C recommended stylesheet standard. XSL Transformations can be used to transform an XML document into another XML document, into any plain text format, or even PDF and Word formats. This part of the school is de
