W3C XSL Activities
Style sheets describe how documents are displayed, pronounced,
or printed. The XSL language consists of three parts: XSLT, XPath, and XSL
Formatting Objects.
XSL Tutorial
To learn more about XSL, read our XSL tutorial.
XSL Versions
XSL 1.0
XSL 1.0 was released as a W3C Recommendation October 15, 2001 as a language
for expressing style sheets. It consisted of three parts: XSLT, XPath, and XSL
Formatting Objects. An XSL style sheet specifies the presentation of a class of
XML documents by describing how an instance of the class is transformed into an
XML document that uses the formatting vocabulary.
XSLT 1.0
XSLT 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation November 16, 1999. XSLT is a
language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents.
XSLT 2.0
XSLT 2.0 became a W3C Recommendation January 23, 2007.
XSL-FO (XSL Formatting Objects)
XSL Formatting Objects is an XML vocabulary for specifying formatting
semantics. Formatting is the process of turning the result of an XSL transformation into
a suitable output form for a reader or listener. No separate W3C document exists for XSL Formatting Objects, but a description can be
found inside the XSL 1.0 Recommendation.
W3C XSL Specifications and Timeline
W3C Reference:
W3C XSL Home Page
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