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Asked: 2026-05-27T02:48:23+00:00

im novice in XML and XSLT. i have a an xml file ( book.xml

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im novice in XML and XSLT. i have a an xml file (book.xml)

and i want to create HTMLtable with xsl transformation and show the details of books in that table.here is my xslt code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl">
  <xsl:template match="seite">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="document('book.xml')"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="catalog">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>
          <xsl:text>book</xsl:text>
        </title>
      </head>
      <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
        <h1>
          <xsl:text>Lieferungen</xsl:text>
        </h1>
        <hr/>
        <table border="1">
          <tr>
            <th>Nummer</th>
            <th>author</th>
            <th>titel</th>
            <th>genre</th>
          </tr>
          <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </table>

        <hr/>
        <p>
          <xsl:text>Mit Webfehler: Wie vermeidet man die falsch sortieren Spalten?</xsl:text>
        </p>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="artikel">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </td>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </tr>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="author|titel|genre">
    <td>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </td>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

but i can’t see the table in my browser.I see only the XML file.Would you please tell how can I do that correctly?
Thank’ for your helps

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  1. Editorial Team

    1. Add the following line to your XML just after the first line:

      <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="book.xsl"?>

      And save if as book.xml

    2. Edit your XSL file and save it as book.xsl in the same folder with your XML file

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <!-- You need a root xsl:template tag that matches the whole document -->
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="catalog">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>
          <xsl:text>book</xsl:text>
        </title>
      </head>
      <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
        <h1>
          <xsl:text>Lieferungen</xsl:text>
        </h1>
        <hr/>
        <table border="1">
        <!-- I added thead and tbody just to make it prettier -->
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>Nummer</th>
              <th>author</th>
              <th>titel</th>
              <th>genre</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
          </tbody>
        </table>

        <hr/>
        <p>
          <xsl:text>Mit Webfehler: Wie vermeidet man die falsch sortieren Spalten?</xsl:text>
        </p>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="book">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </td>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </tr>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="author|title|genre">
    <td>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </td>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- If you do not need to output anything from these tags 
       add an xsl:template that matches them and outputs nothing -->
  <xsl:template match="price|publish_date|description"></xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

    3. Open book.xsl in Firefox (it probably would also work in IE)

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