Develop Python/XML with 4Suite, Part 2: 4XPath and 4XSLT

Level: Introductory

Uche Ogbuji (uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com), Principal consultant, Fourthought Inc.
Chimezie Ogbuji (chimezie.ogbuji@fourthought.com), Software consultant, Fourthought Inc.

30 Oct 2001

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This tutorial introduces 4XPath and 4XSLT, open-source XPath and XSLT implementations written and provided by Fourthought Inc. in Python. Roughly the first half of the tutorial addresses XPath/4XPath whereas the second half covers XSLT/4XSLT. If you plan to use Python in association with XML processing, these are useful tools to get to know.

Prerequisites

The tutorial is written for users who are familiar with XML and Python. It introduces other technologies as needed, but only to sufficient depth to allow you to follow along with the hands-on examples.

Other tutorials in this series are:

• Python and XML development using 4Suite, Part 1: PyXml
• Python and XML development using 4Suite, Part 3: 4RDF
• Develop Python/XML with 4Suite, Part 4: Composition and updates
• Develop Python/XML with 4Suite, Part 5: The repository features

System requirements

You will need JavaScript enabled on your browser, and you'll need Python 2.1 and PyXml.

Duration

Under one hour

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