XSL Utility can be used to convert XML documents or data to various formats:
HTML
RTF, Rich Text Format -- loadable and editable using MS-Word
WML, WordprocessingML -- compatible with MS-Word 2003+
Office Open XML -- MS-Word 2007 native format
OpenDocument -- OpenOffice native format
PDF, Portable Document Format -- viewable and printable using Acrobat®
PostScript®
PCL, HP Printer Command Language
This tool has been created mainly to ease the evaluation of XMLmind XSL-FO Converter, a professional-quality XSL-FO (XSL Formating Objects) processor. Hopefully, it may also ease the evaluation of the overall XSL technology and contribute to promote its daily use.
Note that XSL Utility relies on several Open Source components such as Saxon and FOP. (See Appendix A, Bundled software for more details about these components.) RTF, WML, Open XML and OpenDocument output is the work of XMLmind XSL-FO Converter while other formats are produced by the Apache FOP FO processor.
Why use XSL Utility?
Everything needed to convert XML documents is included in the distribution.
XSL Utility has out of the box support for DocBook, Simplified DocBook and Slides documents, thanks to Norman Walsh's XSL stylesheets.
XSL Utility can use XML catalogs to resolve the reference to the DTD of an XML document. The XML catalog bundled with XSL Utility is configured for the DocBook, Simplified DocBook and Slides DTDs.
XMLmind XSL-FO Converter supports nearly all the XSL spec and generates RTF that looks great when loaded into MS-Word.
Conversion can be initiated by dragging and dropping an XML document on XSL Utility.
XSL Utility is also available as a command line tool called xslutil.