This followup to -->Jeni Tennison-->'s "Beginning XSLT "has been updated to accomodate the revised XSLT standard. Part one of this book introduces XML and XSLT at a comfortable pace, and gradually demonstrates techniques for generating HTML (plus other formats), from XML. In part two, Tennison applies theory to real-life XSLT capabilitiesincluding generating graphics.

Each chapter includes step-by-step examples (with code available online), plus review questions at the end, to help you grasp the discussed features. In fact, all of the examples and exercises revolve around an interesting common theme: making TV listings available online. This book lives up to its name, and will definitely take you from a novice to a professional, in no time!

If you have a basic knowledge of markup and want to learn how to harness the power of XML using the XML transformation language, "XSLT," then let this book be your guide! To enhance your reading, we also encourage you to visit UnderstandingXSLT.com.

For the well-established XML to be useful when delivering documents and data on the Web, XML needs to be processed. And XSLT is an ideal processor, providing power to convert XML data for presentational purposes and to modify data structure.

In this updated version of Tennison's original, acclaimed "Beginning XSLT," you'll learn the basics of how to create HTML from XML using XSLT. You'll move on to organizing stylesheets with templates, and start exploring XPath languageimportant for selecting pieces of data and performing calculations and string manipulations. Finally, you'll tackle some advanced topics like building dynamic XSLT applications, creating SVG with XSLT, and validating XML with Schematron.

"SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled" shows where XML as a data model makes sense, when and how best to get both relational databases and XML to work together, and how to set up and configure the SQL Server XML environment.