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diff --git a/source/00_content/pages/projects/build_xslt.md b/source/00_content/pages/projects/build_xslt.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba4fbbb --- /dev/null +++ b/source/00_content/pages/projects/build_xslt.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +# BuildXSLT + +…is a simple XSLT build system for InputXSLT based applications. + +It aims to provide a foundation for building more complex applications such as a fully fledged [static site generator] by enabling users to define _XML Makefiles_ instead of manually calling single [InputXSLT] transformations. + +The source code of BuildXSLT is available on both my [Github] profile and [cgit]. + +## Current features + +* processing tasks contained within _XML Makefiles_ +* generating single transformations +* generating chained transformations +* using files or embedded XML-trees as transformation input + +## Usage example + +While BuildXSLT offers enough flexibility for all kinds of different XSLT based generation tasks it was specifically built to cater for the requirements of the [static site generator] this site is built with. As such its _XML Makefile_ makes for the best demonstration of what one can do with BuildXSLT: + +~~~ +<task type="generate"> + <input mode="embedded"> + <datasource> + <meta> + <source>source</source> + <target>target</target> + </meta> + </datasource> + </input> + <transformation mode="chain"> + <link>detail/list.xsl</link> + <link>detail/plan.xsl</link> + <link>detail/process.xsl</link> + <link>detail/summarize.xsl</link> + </transformation> +</task> +~~~ +{: .language-xsl} + +[InputXSLT]: /page/input_xslt/ +[static site generator]: https://github.com/KnairdA/blog.kummerlaender.eu/ +[Github]: https://github.com/KnairdA/BuildXSLT/ +[cgit]: http://code.kummerlaender.eu/BuildXSLT/ |