XSLT Reference

Before you try to apply your XSLT script, you may want to validate the XML file against its DTD. To do this, use the xmllint program:

    xmllint --valid --noout filename.xsl

where filename.xsl is the name of your XML file. Make sure your DTD is in the same directory and named in a <!DOCTYPE ...> declaration.

For example, if your XML document uses a DTD named trails.dtd and its root element is <trails>, its first line should look like this:

    <!DOCTYPE trails SYSTEM "trails.dtd">

To transform a file using XSLT, use xsltproc:

    xsltproc -o output.html stylesheet.xsl file.xml

where stylesheet.xsl is the XSLT stylesheet, file.xml is the XML input file, and output.html is the output file to be written.