Before you begin

The XML+CSS Standard Edition lets you generate XML that a larger class of browsers can render. Currently, many browsers do not yet support the specified method for displaying XML, which is via XSL, but most browsers do support CSS. Using CSS, you can control the display format of XML elements.

Using this template does require some severe compromises in the quality of the raw XML source code that is generated. These compromises probably won't be noticed by your audience, but they could be a problem if you attempt to repurpose the content to other XML applications. If you plan to repurpose the generated XML, you should consider the XML+XSL Standard Edition template, which is described in Understanding and Customizing the XML+XSL Standard Edition Template.

This chapter describes how the XML+CSS Standard Edition template is constructed and how to customize it. Topics include:

Many of the customization techniques available for the Portable HTML Standard Edition template and Dynamic HTML template also work for the XML+CSS Standard Edition template (except that you will be working with XML coding instead of HTML coding). Make sure that you review the following chapters:


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