XSL Transformation from ODF to XHTML

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Abstract

Use without Office (stand-alone)

Overview over XSLT stylesheets

Feedback

Abstract

The filter creates XHTML 1.1 plus Math 2.0 from the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument). The filter can only be used to transform OpenDocument with or without a running Office, cp. 'Use without Office (stand-alone).

The XHTML export filter has matured since it's beginning early 2000, were it was first part of a commercial product named StarPortal/Webtop. In conjunction with OpenOffice.org the stylesheets had been open-sourced.

Now as a sample filter, it is an optional installation component of OpenOffice.org 3.x, installed together with the 'XSLT sample filter' package. Within the Office the filter can be used when choosing the XHTML export from File->Export...

Use without Office (stand-alone)

The filter comprises of a set of XSLT 1.0 stylesheets and will work in combination of many XML parser and XSLT stylesheet processor. Unfortunately not all, as the filter although based on the XSLT 1.0 standard, takes advantage of the non-standarized 'node-set' function. Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the following XSLT stylesheet processors

The Saxon processor is bundled since OpenOffice.org 3.0 and used by default. As the Java base-line since OOo 3 is Java 5 0 no further XML parser is necessary.

Overview over XSLT stylesheets

All stylesheets can be installed by choosing as optional part of the Office installation ('XSLT sample filter'). In a OOo 3.0 the files are located at <OFFICE_PATH>/OpenOffice.org/Basis 3.0/share/xslt.    

To view them online, you may browse the CVS and choose the 'download' link beyond the latest version of a stylesheet.

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Description

common

measure_conversion.xsl

Measure conversions (e.g. inch to cm) usable for all import and export XSLT filter.
NOTE: This class is outside the odf2xhtml folder as it is being reused by other filters and have to be moved to odf2xhtml/common during execution time.

odf2xhtml/export/common

body.xsl

Common mapping mechanisms of elements of languages similar to XHTML (WML, other XML for small devices, et alias)

odf2xhtml/export/common

table_of_content.xsl

Common mapping mechanisms of tables

odf2xhtml/export/common/styles

style_collector.xsl

Common mechanisms to flatening the style hierarchy of the ODF styles

odf2xhtml/export/common/styles

style_mapping_css.xsl

Common mapping of ODF styles to CSS

odf2xhtml/export/common/table

table.xsl

Common mechanisms to map ODF tables to HTML (once shared by HTML3.2 and PALM HTML)

odf2xhtml/export/common/table

table_cells.xsl

Common mechanisms to map ODF table cells to HTML (once shared by HTML3.2 and PALM HTML)

odf2xhtml/export/common/table

table_columns.xsl

Common mechanisms to map ODF table columns to HTML (once shared by HTML3.2 and PALM HTML)

odf2xhtml/export/common/table

table_rows.xsl

Common mechanisms to map ODF table rows to HTML (once shared by HTML3.2 and PALM HTML)

odf2xhtml/export/xhtml

odf2xhtml.xsl

The starting stylesheet for XHTML transformations

odf2xhtml/export/xhtml

body.xsl

Special XHTML mappings of body elements to XHTML

odf2xhtml/export/xhtml

header.xsl

Special XHTML mappings of header elements to XHTML

odf2xhtml/export/xhtml

table.xsl

Special XHTML mappings of table elements to XHTML

Feedback

Any comment is welcome and should be posted to the XML developer mailing list dev@xml.openoffice.org. For subscription information or archives, see the this project's mailing list section.