XMLhack XSLT news http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. xmlhack http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development Xalan2-J 2.4.0 released http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1767 The Apache XML Project have released version 2.4.0 of the Xalan2-Java XSLT processor. Along with bug fixes and performance improvements, this release also includes some major feature enhancements. Apache XSLT DocBook XSL stylesheets 1.54.1 released http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1766 The DocBook Open Repository project have released version 1.54.1 of the DocBook XSL stylesheets distribution, a set of stylesheets for use in converting DocBook XML documents to HTML, XSL-FO, Microsoft HTML Help, JavaHelp, and man pages. This release provides a number of significant enhancements. DocBook XSLT New XPath, XSLT and XQuery drafts http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1753 The XSLT, XPath and XQuery working groups have put out a great deal of new work, including updated XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, XPath and XQuery Functions and Operators, XQuery 1.0, XPath and XQuery Data Model, XPath and XQuery Formal Semantics, XQuery Use Cases and more. W3C XSLT Ginger Alliance announce Sablotron 0.95 http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1699 A new version of Sablotron, the XSLT transformation engine, covers the remaining missing features of XSLT 1.0 and brings important improvements such as DOM Level 2 and multiple output documents. XSLT Tutorial: Cocoon 2: Build database-driven sites http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1671 Leigh Dodds has written a tutorial on using Apache Cocoon 2 to generate and publish XML and HTML content based on database data. Apache XSLT XSLT-based Mac web application server http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1662 Media Design in-Progress have announced Interaction, an XML/XSLT-powered community-oriented web application server for the Mac platform. Tools XSLT xmlto: XSLT processor front-end http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1631 Tim Waugh has released xmlto, a utility designed to act as a single XSL tool-chain "front end" for converting XML source documents into HTML, PDF, and other formats. XSLT DocBook Ejen: Java/XML/XSLT-based code-generation http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1629 F. Wolff has released the final 1.0 version of Ejen, a Java/XML/XSLT system (currently implemented as an Ant task) designed to facilitate the creation of code generators. Java XSLT