Introduction

This is a set of XSLT specifications to transform TEI XML documents to XHTML, to LaTeX, to XSL Formatting Objects and to OOXML (docx) format. The files can be downloaded from the Releases area of . They concentrates on the simpler TEI modules, but adding support for other modules is fairly easy. In the main, the setup has been used on new documents, ie reports and web pages that have been authored from scratch, rather than traditional TEI-encoded existing material.

There is a change log file available.

The stylesheets have internal documentation, using P&P Software's XSLTdoc system; the results can be browsed in the technical documentation section.

The XSL FO style sheets were developed for use with PassiveTeX (), a system using XSL formatting objects to render XML to PDF via LaTeX. They have not been extensively tested with the other XSL FO implementations.

File organisation

The stylesheets are divided into four directories: common2templates which are independent of output type fo2templates for making XSL FO output html2templates for making HTML output latex2templates for making LaTeX output Within each directory there is a separate file for the templates which implement each of the TEI modules (eg textstructure.xsl, linking.xsl, or drama.xsl); these are included by a master file tei.xsl. This also includes a parameterization layer in the file tei-param.xsl, and the parameterization file from the common directory. The tei.xsl does any necessary declaration of constants and XSL keys.

The normal method of use is to decide which if the three output methods is wanted, and then reference the corresponding tei.xsl file. Any other use of the stylesheets, eg by referencing individual modules, is not supported and requires good understanding of XSL.

Customization

The TEI stylesheets are designed to be customized, and I will gladly add more parameterization in future. There are currently several hundred things you can set to change the output, described in the Customization Handbook. They are either XSLT variables, or named templates, so you need to understand a little of XSL syntax. If you know a bit more, you can override any of the templates in the style files, but then you are on your own.

The Stylebear web form will construct a XSL file for you, with all the variables configured.

XSLT processors

The stylesheets have been tested at various times with the Microsoft, XT, Saxon, jd, libxslt, Xalan, Sablotron and Oracle XSLT processors; they were converted to use XSLT 2.0 in 2009, and so now only work with Saxon (from ). XSLT 1.0 stylesheets are also available, but will not be further maintained. It is up to the user to find out how to run the XSLT processor! This may be from within a Java program, on the command-line, or inside a web server.