W3C XSL event
W3C began to develop XSL due to the need for an XML based style sheet language.
The XSL language consists of three parts: XSLT, XPath and XSL formatting objects.
XSL tutorial
To learn more about XSL, please read our XSL tutorial.
XSL version
XSL 1.0
As a W3C recommendation, XSL 1.0 was released on October 15, 2001 as a language for expressing stylesheets. It consists of three parts: XSLT, XPath, and XSL formatting objects.
XSLT 1.0
XSLT 1.0 became the W3C recommendation on November 16, 1999. XSLT is a language used to convert XML documents into other XML documents.
XSLT 2.0
XSLT 2.0 became a W3C recommendation on January 23, 2007.
XSL-FO (XSL formatted object)
XSL formatting object is a vocabulary used to specify formatting semantics. Formatting refers to the process of transforming the result of an XSL transformation into a suitable reader or listener. Although there is no separate W3C document for XSL formatting objects, a description can be foundin the XSL 1.0 recommendation.
W3C XSL specification and timeline
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XSL 1.0 |
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XSL 1.1 |
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XSLT 1.0 |
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XSLT 2.0 |
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XSLT 2.0 Requirements |
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