XSLT File Editer

Purpose

As XSL transformations are used in many parts of Eden and is becoming more important. We need a tool to create XSL files, which is easy to use, as integrators are no developers. The tool should generate a XSL out of a XSD and a text specified by the user. There should be diffferent output types available (E-Mail, HTML, pure text...).

Product Scope

Objectives

[*] Easy to use [*] Eden module [*] Possibility to use an XSD which contains the possible elements of the input XML

Benefits

[*] Preview feature [*] Realtime UI updates / Use of the Error panel

Features

Use Case

Description & Functions

[*] Step 1) User had to upload an XSD -> XML Elements should be shown in the "Available XML Elements" panel [*] Step 1b) The user can upload an XML if he/she wants to use the preview Feature (Step 3) [*] Step 2) User enters the text. The XML elements are on the right side, a click on one of them adds it to the text. [*] Step 2b) 2 tabs: 1) Normal text 2) Includes XSL tags [*] Step 2c) "XSL Output types" dropdown contains different modes for the output [*] Step 2d) Errors are shown in the "Errors" panel [*] Step 3) User can download the XSL or refresh the "Preview" field based on the XML uploaded at Step 1b)

Mock GUI

Recommended Approach

• There are some possibilities to do ​ XSL transformations using Javascript. It's quite good implementation for XSL transformations, unfortunately this is Firefox only, so maybe no option for us.
• A better (but untested solution) would be this ​ jQuery plugin.
• Apparently the best solution is ​ developed by Google. It is platform independent and bugs are closed relatively fast after they are discovered

All Javascript only.

Similar Tools

​ W3Schools XSLT Editor has similar functions but a quite limited GUI.