XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition (2 page)
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Authors: Michael Kay
Chapter 11: XPath: Type Expressions
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OperatorChapter 13: The Function Library
Chapter 14: Regular Expressions
What Vendor Extensions Are Allowed?
Chapter 17: Stylesheet Design Patterns
Fill-in-the-Blanks Stylesheets
Chapter 18: Case Study: XMLSpec
Formatting the XML Specification
Formatting the Document Header
Creating the Table of Contents
Setting Out the Production Rules
Stylesheets for Other Specifications
Chapter 19: Case Study: A Family Tree
Displaying the Family Tree Data
Chapter 20: Case Study: Knight's Tour
Appendix A: XPath 2.0 Syntax Summary
Appendix C: Backward Compatibility
Stage 1: Backward-Compatibility Mode
Stage 2: Setting version=“2.0”
Appendix D: Microsoft XSLT Processors
Appendix E: JAXP: The Java API for Transformation
Examples of JAXP Transformations
Using Saxon from the Command Line
Using Saxon via JAXP Interfaces
XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference 4th Edition
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About the Author
Michael Kay
has been working in the XML field since 1997; he became a member of the XSL Working Group soon after the publication of XSLT 1.0, and took over as editor of the XSLT 2.0 specification in early 2001. He is also a member of the XQuery and XML Schema Working Groups, and is a joint editor of the XPath 2.0 specification. He is well known not only through previous editions of this book but also as the developer of the open source Saxon product, a pioneering implementation of XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, and XQuery 1.0.
In 2004 the author formed his own company, Saxonica, to provide commercial software and services building on the success of the Saxon technology. Previously, he spent three years with Software AG, working with the developers of the Tamino XML server, an early XQuery implementation. His background is in database technology: after leaving the University of Cambridge with a Ph.D., he worked for many years with the (then) computer manufacturer ICL, developing network, relational, and object-oriented database software products as well as a text search engine, and held the position of ICL Fellow.
Michael lives in Reading, England, with his wife and daughter. His hobbies (reflected in his choice of examples) include genealogy and choral singing, and once included chess. Since completing the previous edition he has found time to improve his croquet handicap to 6.
