# Xslt processor for ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941 "2005-12-23T00:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/1 "2005-12-23T00:20:10Z")
Hello, could you please recommend a xslt processor for ruby? I tried Michael Neumann’s xslt4r which worked great for simple xsls. Now I’m looking for something more up to date - a problem I ran into was when trying to use the generate-id function. Any library that would support that? Thanks! Agnieszka ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/2 "2005-12-23T04:46:39Z")
On 12/22/05, Agnieszka F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > could you please recommend a xslt processor for ruby? I tried Michael > Neumann’s xslt4r which worked great for simple xsls. Now I’m looking for > something more up to date - a problem I ran into was when trying to use > the generate-id function. Any library that would support that? Have you run into these yet? (recently updated) [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/) (way, way old) [http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/](http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/) ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/3 "2005-12-23T13:10:50Z")
Wilson B. wrote: > On 12/22/05, Agnieszka F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > could you please recommend a xslt processor for ruby? I tried Michael > > Neumann’s xslt4r which worked great for simple xsls. Now I’m looking for > > something more up to date - a problem I ran into was when trying to use > > the generate-id function. Any library that would support that? > > Have you run into these yet? > (recently updated) > [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/) > > (way, way old) > [http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/](http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/) Thank you. I’m wondering if any of these supports XSLT 2.0? – Agnieszka F. ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/4 "2005-12-23T14:10:10Z")
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:11:07 -0000, Agnieszka F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Have you run into these yet? > > (recently updated) > > [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-xslt/) > > > > (way, way old) > > [http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/](http://www.rubycolor.org/sablot/) > > Thank you. I’m wondering if any of these supports XSLT 2.0? (Not given more than a glance to Libxslt-Ruby yet, but here’s how it looks to me right now): From what I gather XSLT 2.0 is still a recommendation (a strong one, but still), and only Saxon has any plans to implement it properly. On the Libxml/Libxslt project we’re currently concentrating on getting XML up to date, and should be onto a fresh release of XSLT sometime in Q12006, but AIUI at the moment, although Libxslt supports “some common extensions” to 1.0, there are no plans to go to 2.0 [1]. It seems most of the other library projects are of the same mind too [2]. If that’s the case, Libxslt-ruby would have to follow suit I guess. There are a few ‘mostly there’ implementations, but not with Ruby bindings as far as I can see. Maybe someone else has worked/is working on something with one of them? [1] [Re: [xslt] XSLT 2.0](http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/2004-October/msg00012.html) (oldish but relevant I think) [2] [[xsl] second implementation of XSLT 2.0?](http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200511/msg00624.html) (and resulting thread) ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/5 "2005-12-23T14:46:19Z")
On 12/23/05, Ross B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > From what I gather XSLT 2.0 is still a recommendation (a strong one, but > still), I think what you meant to say is that XSLT 2.0 is a “candidate recommendation”. The next and last step is to become a plain “recommendation”. > and only Saxon has any plans to implement it properly. Saxon has already fully implemented XSLT 2.0. See [http://www.saxonica.com/](http://www.saxonica.com/). Also, you can get a free XSLT 2.0 engine from Altova, makers of XML Spy. Both also support XQuery 1.0. It would be great if someone would create a Ruby binding to Saxon. Until then, your best bet is probably to use Saxon from Ruby by executing a shell command with backquotes. For information on how to run Saxon from a shell command, see [http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/index/gettingstarted.html](http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/index/gettingstarted.html). ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/6 "2005-12-23T16:28:49Z")
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:44:20 -0000, Mark V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 12/23/05, Ross B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > From what I gather XSLT 2.0 is still a recommendation (a strong one, > > but > > still), > > I think what you meant to say is that XSLT 2.0 is a “candidate > recommendation”. The next and last step is to become a plain > “recommendation”. Oops, yes, sorry. > > and only Saxon has any plans to implement it properly. > > Saxon has already fully implemented XSLT 2.0. See > [http://www.saxonica.com/](http://www.saxonica.com/). Also, you can get a free XSLT 2.0 engine > from Altova, makers of XML Spy. Both also support XQuery 1.0. I didn’t mention XML Spy because I thought it’s commercial / Windows only? > It would be great if someone would create a Ruby binding to Saxon. > Until then, your best bet is probably to use Saxon from Ruby by > executing a shell command with backquotes. For information on how to > run Saxon from a shell command, see > [http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/index/gettingstarted.html](http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/index/gettingstarted.html). Maybe check out [[xsl] XSLT, Saxon, Ruby, JRuby](http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200110/msg00343.html). I don’t know how useful that is, or how ‘real world’, but it’s a possibly interesting idea. ---
**Author:** ![agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@agnessa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnessa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xslt-processor-for-ruby/50941/7 "2005-12-23T16:58:57Z")
On 12/23/05, Ross B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > recommendation". The next and last step is to become a plain > > I didn’t mention XML Spy because I thought it’s commercial / Windows only? The thing I’m referring to is called “AltovaXML 2006”. You can read about it at [RaptorXML Server | Altova](http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html). It is free. However, I didn’t realize it was Windows only. Bummer!