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Xslt Transformation Structure

Structural reference for an XSLT transformation job, describing how a request is composed of a stylesheet selector, a source document selector, optional parameters, and output serialization configuration, along with execution status and error reporting.

Type: object Properties: 7 Required: 2

Data TransformationStandardW3CXMLXSLTXPath

Xslt Transformation Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by XSLT, describing 7 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft-01/json-structure-core.json meta-schema.

Properties

id stylesheet source parameters output execution error

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/draft-01/json-structure-core.json

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft-01/json-structure-core.json",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xslt/refs/heads/main/json-structure/xslt-transformation-structure.json",
  "title": "XSLT Transformation Structure",
  "description": "Structural reference for an XSLT transformation job, describing how a request is composed of a stylesheet selector, a source document selector, optional parameters, and output serialization configuration, along with execution status and error reporting.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the transformation job."
    },
    "stylesheet": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Selector for the XSLT stylesheet to apply (URI reference or inline content).",
      "properties": {
        "uri": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        "inline": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "version": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["1.0", "2.0", "3.0"]
        }
      }
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Selector for the source XML document to transform.",
      "properties": {
        "uri": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        "inline": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "encoding": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Key-value parameter bindings supplied to the stylesheet at runtime.",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "output": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Serialization configuration for the result document.",
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["xml", "html", "xhtml", "text"]
        },
        "encoding": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "indent": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "omitXmlDeclaration": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    },
    "execution": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Execution-time information about the transformation.",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["pending", "running", "completed", "failed"]
        },
        "created": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        },
        "completed": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        },
        "processor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Name and version of the XSLT processor that executed the job."
        }
      }
    },
    "error": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Error reporting structure when the transformation fails.",
      "properties": {
        "code": { "type": "string" },
        "message": { "type": "string" },
        "lineNumber": { "type": "integer" },
        "columnNumber": { "type": "integer" }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["stylesheet", "source"]
}