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Asked: 2026-05-14T22:59:59+00:00

Is there any application to generate an XSL Stylesheet from an XML file? I

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Is there any application to generate an XSL Stylesheet from an XML file? I have a very complex XML file, which is a well-formed SVG file.

Is there any software application to convert XML to XSL?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Based on your previous question, I assume you want to create an XSL-FO file from an SVG image.

    One option would be to just include the SVG image inline in a fo:instream-foreign-object. A complete example (using this SVG image):

    <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">

  <fo:layout-master-set>
    <fo:simple-page-master master-name="master">
      <fo:region-body />
    </fo:simple-page-master>
  </fo:layout-master-set>

  <fo:page-sequence master-reference="master">
    <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
      <fo:block>
        <fo:instream-foreign-object>

          <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
               width="200" height="200">
            <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="50" stroke="black"
                    stroke-width="5" fill="red" />
          </svg>

        </fo:instream-foreign-object>
      </fo:block> 
    </fo:flow>
  </fo:page-sequence>

</fo:root>

    Another option would be to refer to the SVG image from a fo:external-graphic:

    <fo:external-graphic src="Svg_example4.svg"/>

    If you want automate this, you could just write a XSLT which transforms the SVG to a XSL-FO document with the SVG embedded:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">
  <xsl:template match="/">

    <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">

      <fo:layout-master-set>
        <fo:simple-page-master master-name="master">
          <fo:region-body />
        </fo:simple-page-master>
      </fo:layout-master-set>

      <fo:page-sequence master-reference="master">
        <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
          <fo:block>
            <fo:instream-foreign-object>
              <xsl:copy-of select="." />
            </fo:instream-foreign-object>
          </fo:block> 
        </fo:flow>
      </fo:page-sequence>

    </fo:root>    

  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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