<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Getting Started</title><link href="book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="../book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0" name="generator"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="XSL Tools User Documentation"><link rel="up" href="../index.html" title="XSL Tools User Documentation"><link rel="prev" href="../index.html" title="XSL Tools User Documentation"><link rel="next" href="../concepts/concepts.html" title="XSLT Concepts"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="N10012"></a>Getting Started</h2></div></div></div><p>  
      XSLT stands for the eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations. It is
      part of the XSL specification which includes the transformation and formatting objects
      (XSL-FO).   XSL Tools primarily deals with the editing, launching, and debugging
      of XSL Style sheets.
   </p><div class="itemizedlist"><p class="title"><b>Getting Started</b></p><ul type="disc"><li><p><a class="ulink" href="../concepts/concepts.html" target="_top">Rescuing XSLT From Niche Status</a> - gives a basic introduction to XSLT from the point of view of creating HTML output.</p></li><li><p><a class="ulink" href="http://www.mulberrytech.com/quickref/" target="_top">XSLT and XPath Quick Reference Cards</a> - a set of PDF files that can be printed to provide quick references to the XSLT and XPath commands.</p></li></ul></div></div></body></html>