XSL Equivalents

BI Publisher provides syntax equivalent with XSL.

The following table lists the BI Publisher simplified syntax with the XSL equivalents.

Supported XSL Elements	Description	BI Publisher Syntax
<xsl:value-of select= "name">	Placeholder syntax	<?name?>
<xsl:apply-templates select="name">	Applies a template rule to the current element's child nodes.	<?apply:name?>
<xsl:copy-of select="name">	Creates a copy of the current node.	<?copy-of:name?>
<xsl:call-template name="name">	Calls a named template to be inserted into/applied to the current template.	<?call:name?>
<xsl:sort select="name">	Sorts a group of data based on an element in the dataset.	<?sort:name?>
<xsl:for-each select="name">	Loops through the rows of data of a group, used to generate tabular output.	<?for-each:name?>
<xsl:choose>	Used in conjunction with when and otherwise to express multiple conditional tests.	<?choose?>
<xsl:when test="exp">	Used in conjunction with choose and otherwise to express multiple conditional tests	<?when:expression?>
<xsl:otherwise>	Used in conjunction with choose and when to express multiple conditional tests	<?otherwise?>
<xsl:if test="exp">	Used for conditional formatting.	<?if:expression?>
<xsl:template name="name">	Template declaration	<?template:name?>
<xsl:variable name="name">	Local or global variable declaration	<?variable:name?>
<xsl:import href="url">	Import the contents of one stylesheet into another	<?import:url?>
<xsl:include href="url">	Include one stylesheet in another	<?include:url?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="url">	Define the root element of a stylesheet	<?namespace:x=url?>