XSLT Quick Reference

stylesheet (aka) transform

<xsl:stylesheet
    id = "id" 
    extension-element-prefixes = "tokens"
    exclude-result-prefixes = "tokens"
    version = "number"
    >
    <!-- content:xsl:import -->
    <!-- content:top-level-elements -->
</xsl:stylesheet>

output

<xsl:output
    method = "xml" | "html" | "text" | "qname-but-not-ncname"
    version = "nmtoken"
    encoding = "string"
    omit-xml-declaration = "yes" | "no"
    standalone = "yes" | "no"
    doctype-public = "string"
    doctype-system = "string"
    cdata-section-elements = "qnames"
    indent = "yes" | "no"
    media-type = "string"
    />

Common Top Level Elements

• xsl:variable
• xsl:parameter
• xsl:template

Uncommon Top Level Elements

• xsl:import
• xsl:include
• xsl:strip-space
• xsl:preserve-space
• xsl:key
• xsl:decimal-format
• xsl:namespace-alias
• xsl:attribute-set