Introduction to XSLT for Digital Humanists
University of Victoria
2011-06-06/10
Syd Bauman, Brown University
(Syd_Bauman@Brown.edu)
Martin Holmes, University of Victoria
(mholmes@uvic.ca)
Schedule
Mon 06 Jun
| Session 1, 09:30–11:30 |
- Welcome and introductions; logistics, etc.
- Overview (slides:
Slidy,
static) and gameplan
- Navigating the XML tree and selecting nodes: XPath path expressions (slides:
Slidy,
static)
|
| Session 2, 13:00–15:50 |
- Transforming XML using XSLT (executing an XSLT program) (slides:
Slidy,
static)
- XSLT template paradigm (anatomy of an XSLT stylesheet) (slides: Slidy,
static,
although we likely won’t use them)
- Built-in template rules and how to override them (slides: Slidy,
static)
- hands-on
|
Tue 07 Jun
| Session 3, 09:00–11:30 |
|
| Session 4, 13:00–15:30 |
- hands-on
- XSL Variables: storing information (slides:
Slidy,
static)
- XSLT Constructors: dynamically constructed content and identity transforms (slides:
Slidy,
static)
|
Wed 08 Jun
| Session 5, 09:00–11:30 |
|
| Session 6, 13:00–15:30 |
- Template Modes (repeated use of input) (slides:
Slidy,
static)
- hands-on
|
Thu 09 Jun
| Session 7, 09:00–11:30 |
|
| Session 8, 13:00–15:30 |
|
Fri 10 Jun
Bibliography
Many slides and handouts refer to the page or chapter of
the reference work that we personally use:
Kay, Michael. XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer’s
Reference. 4th edition. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley/Wrox,
2008. ISBN:
978-0-470-19274-0
References to “Kay” are to this book.
Resources
The resource page
has links to all the slide sets (whether used in this
workshop or not), interesting web sites we may have shown,
and useful TEI links. The general WWP workshop materials for download page
may be of interest, too.
Instructor contact information
Send mail to Martin or Syd.
