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XSLT - Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
XSLT is the most important part of XSL and is an XML-based language which is used to transform an XML document either into another XML document, or another type of document, e.g. into the HTML or XHTML markup languages which are used for Web pages. The original XML document is not changed during the process; instead, a new document intended for output is created. XSLT enables the user to customise the output document, by (for example): adding or removing elements; rearranging elements; or choosing which elements to hide and which to display. XSLT uses XPath to locate the specific pieces of information it needs in the original XML document, and converts them into an ouput version.
