Data Formats

Apaches FOP ProjectOpen source XSL-FO implementation; converts XSL-FO to PDF and other formats.

W3C specification that allows a style sheet to be associated with an XML document by including one or more processing instructions with a target of xml-stylesheet in the documents prolog. (W3C Recommendation 29 June 1999)

Allows a style sheet to be associated with an XML document by including one or more processing instructions with a target of xml-stylesheet in the documents prolog. (W3C Recommendation 29 June 1999)

A free HTML parser for Python, optimized for screen-scraping. Download, documentation, and change-log.

Co-author of the XML 1.0 recommendation, now with Textuality, writes/edits for the xml.com magazine.

Offers bzip2 manual describing low-level file application programming interfaces.

Offers a program for webmasters check projects for missing or redundant objects and find not allowed characters in filenames.

Author of XSLT Working Draft, expat SGML/XML C++ parser, and XP/XT Java classes for XML/XSL parsing

A Note from the W3C detailing the differences and similarities between the two markup languages.

Online service from Adobe, which allows users to upload files and have them converted. Free trial, then monthly subscription required.

CSS and XSL: which should I use?Brief article from W3C with a diagram of the markup-to-presentation process for HTML and XML documents.

Practical discussions of CSS and its use. High volume list.

Dedicated to the DocBook SGML document type.

Articles, tutorials, discussion and resources for CSS.

EXSLT is a community initiative to provide extensions to XSLT. They are trying to encourage the implementers of XSLT processors to use these extensions, so that your stylesheets can be more portable.