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Asked: 2026-05-12T05:15:55+00:00

As I understand it, using XSL to generate documents has two parts: 1) An

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As I understand it, using XSL to generate documents has two parts:

1) An XML document which references an XSL stylesheet
2) An XSL stylesheet

Let’s say that I want to generate a document using XSL, and then send it to a friend. Without relying on the stylesheet being available on the internet, and without including the stylesheet as a separate file, how can I send him the document as a single file and have it just work?

I suppose ideally I’d like to send the “transformed” output, not the XML or XSL itself. Can this be done?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have a two options:

    1. Do as you suggest and send your friend the transformed document (the output of the xml/xsl transformation)
    2. Embed the xml/xsl in a single file as per the xslt spec (link text)

    If you’re not sure if your friend will be able to process the xml/xsl file himself, then you are really only left with option 1

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