Re: Formatting Text with XML
here is a basic XML data:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="table.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<periodic-table>
<atom state="gas">
<name>Hydrogen</name>
<symbol>H</symbol>
<atomic-number>1</atomic-number>
<atomic-weight>100</atomic-weight>
<melting-point units="kelvin">13.81</melting-point>
</atom>
<atom state="gas">
<name>Oxygen</name>
<symbol>O</symbol>
<atomic-number>2</atomic-number>
<atomic-weight>200</atomic-weight>
</atom>
</periodic-table>
Now if you want to render it you need to use XSL.This is the strength of
the XML/XSL combi.For the same data you can create n number of rendering.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Atomic Number vs Atomic Weight</title>
</head>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates select="periodic-table"/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="periodic-table">
<h1> Atomic Number VS melting point </h1>
<table cellpadding="5">
<th>Element</th>
<th>Atomic Number</th>
<th>Melting point</th>
<xsl:for-each select="atom[atomic-number < 3]">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="atomic-number"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="melting-point"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
XSLT programmers guide by Micheal Cay will be defenitly an asset.
Anas
Re: Formatting Text with XML
If you know HTML, just read the "XML Bible" by Elliotte Rusty Harold. This
is a comprehensive book and lot of examples.
"Liz" <my__lizard@altavista.com> wrote:
>
>Here is my Dalai Lama, I am working with sending reports from a Unix back-end
>to a Portal for publishing. The portal people tell me that I can specify
>my font scaling, margins and page layout by using an XML. Needless to say,
>they don't know how, but they know it can be done. I understand the fundamentals
>of xml but I am still missing the boat. I understand there is a style sheet
>(DTD) but, I haven't seen any examples of people defining formatting. Does
>anyone have any information on XML tags and how formatting works?
>
Re: Formatting Text with XML
Anas, does this style sheet work?
All I see are the title, h1 and table headers.
"Anas Shaik Mohammed" <ANASMOHAMMED@OCIWEB.COM> wrote:
>
>here is a basic XML data:
>
><?xml version="1.0"?>
><?xml-stylesheet href="table.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
><periodic-table>
> <atom state="gas">
> <name>Hydrogen</name>
> <symbol>H</symbol>
> <atomic-number>1</atomic-number>
> <atomic-weight>100</atomic-weight>
> <melting-point units="kelvin">13.81</melting-point>
> </atom>
> <atom state="gas">
> <name>Oxygen</name>
> <symbol>O</symbol>
> <atomic-number>2</atomic-number>
> <atomic-weight>200</atomic-weight>
> </atom>
></periodic-table>
>
>Now if you want to render it you need to use XSL.This is the strength of
>the XML/XSL combi.For the same data you can create n number of rendering.
>
><?xml version="1.0"?>
><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
><xsl:template match="/">
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Atomic Number vs Atomic Weight</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="periodic-table"/>
> </body>
> </html>
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template match="periodic-table">
> <h1> Atomic Number VS melting point </h1>
> <table cellpadding="5">
> <th>Element</th>
> <th>Atomic Number</th>
> <th>Melting point</th>
> <xsl:for-each select="atom[atomic-number < 3]">
> <tr>
> <td><xsl:value-of select="atomic-number"/></td>
> <td><xsl:value-of select="melting-point"/></td>
> </tr>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </table>
></xsl:template>
></xsl:stylesheet>
>
>XSLT programmers guide by Micheal Cay will be defenitly an asset.
>
>
>Anas
>
Re: Formatting Text with XML
Check out www.xml.com for info on XML.
"Liz" <my__lizard@altavista.com> wrote:
>
>Here is my Dalai Lama, I am working with sending reports from a Unix back-end
>to a Portal for publishing. The portal people tell me that I can specify
>my font scaling, margins and page layout by using an XML. Needless to say,
>they don't know how, but they know it can be done. I understand the fundamentals
>of xml but I am still missing the boat. I understand there is a style sheet
>(DTD) but, I haven't seen any examples of people defining formatting. Does
>anyone have any information on XML tags and how formatting works?
>
