Generating an HTML page using XML and XSL transformations

Sometimes, you don't have access to the source database from the web server, or you just want static pages in your site. Under this scenario, you can create a web page through XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) and then publish it. In this recipe you will take advantage of the XSL Transformation job entry features to do just that: taking an XML file and transforming it into HTML.

Tip

XSLT is for more than just building HTML files from XML! It acts as a translator, allowing for creating pretty much any kind of text output desired. While this recipe focuses on the ability to build HTML, don't forget that it can also build CSV and other delimited files, semi-structured files, and yes, even other XML files! To learn more about XSLT, check out the great introduction tutorials over at http://www.w3schools.com/xsl.

Suppose you want to publish a books catalog on a website. In this recipe, you will generate an HTML page, taking...