Inside XSLT
Copyright 2002 by New Riders Publishing
FIRST EDITION: July 2001
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W3CMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Keio University (Keio)
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To Nancy, as always, and forever. And to Tamsen, Dan, Claire. And my parents, who never read my books, but enjoy stacking them on shelves .