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<TITLE>Introduction to XSL</TITLE>
<H1>Introduction to XSL</H1>
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<H2>Overview
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<LI>1.Intro</LI>
<LI>2.History</LI>
<LI>3.XSL Basics</LI>
<LI>Lunch</LI>
<LI>4.An XML Data Model</LI>
<LI>5.XSL Patterns</LI>
<LI>6.XSL Templates</LI>
<LI>7.XSL Formatting Model
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<H2>Intro</H2>
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<LI>Who am I?</LI>
<LI>Who are you?</LI>
<LI>Why are we here?
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<H2>History: XML and SGML</H2>
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<LI>XML is a subset of SGML.</LI>
<LI>SGML allows the separation of abstract content from formatting.</LI>
<LI>Also one of XML's primary virtues (in the doc publishing domain).
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<H2>History: What are stylesheets?</H2>
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<LI>Stylesheets specify the formatting of SGML/XML documents.</LI>
<LI>Stylesheets put the "style" back into documents.</LI>
<LI>New York Times content+NYT Stylesheet = NYT paper
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<H2>History: FOSI</H2>
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<LI>FOSI: "Formatted Output Specification Instance"
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<LI>MIL-STD-28001
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<LI>FOSI's are SGML documents
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<LI>A stylesheet for another document
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<LI>Obsolete but implemented...
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