[Web4lib] XSL / XSLT training or tutorials: UPDATE

[Caitlin Nelson]

Hello All,

Thank you for your kind responses.  I just wanted to send an update email
for anyone else who might be interested in these type of resources.  The
recommendations made to me were as follows:

- Video tutorials at http://lynda.com
- Michael Kay's XSLT book (I have the most recent(?) version: XSLT and XPath
4th ed.)
- The xsl mailing list http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/
- Look at the w3 standards for XPath & XSLT.  (http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/&
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt)
- Dave Pawson's faq: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/sect21.html

I also found several other resources, both free and paid, on the web:
http://apex.vtc.com/xslt.php ==> web training for $30/month
 http://www.zvon.org/comp/r/tut-XSLT_1.html#Pages~Contents ==> free tutorial
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/bible2/chapters/ch17.html ==> free
tutorial
http://www.xmlfiles.com/xsl/default.asp ==> free tutorial
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/ ==> free tutorial

http://www.webucator.com/xml/course/xslt-2-0-xpath-2-0-training.cfm (paid
~$1185/ 3 day session)
http://skillforge.com/request-individual-pricing/?course=129 (paid: ~$490 /
2 day session)

I plan to work my way through the video tutorials and the Kay book this
summer, and if I have a chance to review any of the other resources I will
let anyone who's interested know how it goes!

Just for those who were curious: we do a lot of data transformation here,
including EAD to HTML and other more generic XML-to-revised-XML.

Thanks for all who wrote in :)

Caitlin
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Caitlin Nelson
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA)
5820 NW 39th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32606
P:  352.392.9020 x298
F:  352.392.9185
E:  cnelson at ufl.edu