Installing SAXON XSLT Processor

You can use the SAXON SXLT Processor to import stylesheets and queries into an XML schema, validate XML data against a schema, and select the elements and attributes in your XML documents according to their schema-defined type.

  1. Enter the URL: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/
  2. From SAXON: The XSLT and XQuery Processor page, scroll to find the heading Saxon 6.5.3
  3. Select Download (3265 Kbytes). The SourceForge.net page opens with a list of download options.
  4. Select any of the images to start the download. If SAXON does not appear to be downloading, wait a few minutes before selecting another image. You may have to select more than one image until you find one that works.
    Note: If you are an Internet Explorer user and a yellow bar appears at the top of the screen with the message, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options..," click on the bar and select "Download File."
  5. Download and unzip the Saxon 6.5.3.zip file and save it to a Linux home directory.
  6. Set the CLASSPATH environment variable for following saxon.jar files: