XSLT <xsl:output>Element
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Definition and Usage
The <xsl:output> element defines the format of the output document.
Note:<xsl:output> is a top-level element and must be a child of <xsl:stylesheet> or <xsl:transform>.
Syntax
<xsl:output
method="xml|html|text|name"
version="string"
encoding="string"
omit-xml-declaration="yes|no"
standalone="yes|no"
doctype-public="string"
doctype-system="string"
cdata-section-elements="namelist"
indent="yes|no"
media-type="string"/>
method="xml|html|text|name"
version="string"
encoding="string"
omit-xml-declaration="yes|no"
standalone="yes|no"
doctype-public="string"
doctype-system="string"
cdata-section-elements="namelist"
indent="yes|no"
media-type="string"/>
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| method | xml html text name |
Optional. Defines the format of the output. The default is XML (but if the first child node of the root node is <html>, and there are no text nodes before it, then the default is HTML). Netscape 6 only supports "html" and "xml". |
| version | string | Optional. Sets the W3C version number of the output format. (Only used when method="html" or method="xml"). |
| encoding | string | Optional. Sets the value of the encoding attribute in the output. |
| omit-xml-declaration | yes no |
Optional. "yes" specifies that the XML declaration (<?xml...?>) should be omitted in the output. "no" specifies that the XML declaration should be included in the output. The default is "no". |
| standalone | yes no |
Optional. "yes" specifies that the XSLT processor should output a standalone document declaration. "no" specifies that the XSLT processor should not output a standalone document declaration. The default is "no". Netscape 6 does not support this attribute. |
| doctype-public | string | Optional. Specifies the public identifier to be used in the DTD. That is, the value of the PUBLIC attribute of the DOCTYPE declaration in the output. |
| doctype-system | string | Optional. Specifies the system identifier to be used in the DTD. That is, the value of the SYSTEM attribute of the DOCTYPE declaration in the output. |
| cdata-section-elements | namelist | Optional. A space-separated list of elements whose text contents should be output as CDATA sections. |
| indent | yes no |
Optional. "yes" specifies that the output should be indented according to its hierarchy. "no" specifies that the output should not be indented according to its hierarchy. Netscape 6 does not support this attribute. |
| media-type | string | Optional. Defines the MIME type (media type of the data) of the output. The default is "text/xml". Netscape 6 does not support this attribute. |
Example 1
In this example, the output is an XML document with version 1.0. The character encoding is set to "ISO-8859-1", and the output will be indented to improve readability:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0"
encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
...
...
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0"
encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
...
...
</xsl:stylesheet>
Example 2
In this example, the output is an HTML document with version 4.0. The character encoding is set to "ISO-8859-1", and the output will be indented to improve readability:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0"
encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
...
...
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0"
encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
...
...
</xsl:stylesheet>
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