XML & XSL - xsl:stylesheet

Syntax

<xsl:stylesheet default-space="preserve" indent-result="yes" language="language-name" result-ns="value">

Attributes

• default-space - setting to default preserves white space from the source document to the output.
• indent-result - preserve style sheet white space into the ouput. Set to yes.
• language - scripting language as a default for the style sheet and all elements contained within that style sheet.
• result-ns - XSL processor output. Can be XML, HTML, etc.

Parent Elements

Child Elements

• xsl:script
• xsl:template

Purpose

The xsl:stylesheet element can have multiple xsl:template elements. The root template, indicated by the / pattern, is the first template processed.

See the xsl:apply-templates page to see an example of multiple templates within a single style sheet.