Changes between Version 132 and Version 133 of DeveloperGuidelines/Tips

Timestamp:

05/30/14 10:15:12 (11 years ago)

Author:

Pat Tressel

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DeveloperGuidelines/Tips

@@ -223 +223 @@
 == XSLT: XML, XSL, XPath ==
 
-We use XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) to convert external structured data, such as
-CSV files, spreadsheets, GIS data, and CAP messages into internal S3XML format, and from there to create Eden database entries,
-and also to export Eden data into external data formats.
+We use XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) to import external structured data, such as
+CSV files, spreadsheets, GIS data, and CAP messages into Eden, and also to export Eden data into external data formats.
 
 XSL Stylesheets are themselves XML documents that specify a conversion between one data format and another.
-XPath (XML Path Language) is used to select elements from the source document to act on.
-
-The stylesheets for various data formats are found in the directory: [https://github.com/flavour/eden/blob/master/static/formats eden/static/formats]
+XPath (XML Path Language) is used to select elements from the source document to act on.  Our stylesheets
+convert between the internal [wiki:S3XRC/S3XML S3XML] format and the desired external format.
+
+Stylesheets for various data formats are found in the directory:
+[https://github.com/flavour/eden/blob/master/static/formats eden/static/formats]
 
 Support for XSLT is provided by [http://lxml.de/ lxml], which is a Python wrapper for libxml2 and libxslt.
@@ -236 +237 @@
 so be aware of this when you are consulting XML / XSLT references.
 
+=== Eden documentation ===
+
+* [wiki:S3XRC/S3XML S3XML]
+* [wiki:XsltTemplates XsltTemplates]
 === Online references ===