Xml file wont use XSLT stylesheet

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Is there something wrong with my XML? It wont use any of the stylesheet's I try to apply to it.
This is what my xml looks like.

XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylsheet type="text/xsl"
                href="Documentation.xsl"?>
<Root>
  <Item>
    <OrderId>Item Code</OrderId>
    <ItemDescription>Item Description</ItemDescription>
    <CurrentCount>Current Count</CurrentCount>
    <OnOrder>On Order</OnOrder>
  </Item>
  <Item>
    <OrderId>A0001</OrderId>
    <ItemDescription>asdjfasdaf</ItemDescription>
    <CurrentCount>5</CurrentCount>
    <OnOrder>No</OnOrder>
  </Item>

Then my stylesheets are all similar to this:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version ="2.0">
  
  <!--this is the first stylesheet output option-->
  <xsl:template match="/root">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>Inventory List</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <table border="1">
          <tr>
            <th>OrderId</th>
            <th>ItemDescription</th>
            <th>CurrentCount</th>
            <th>OnOrder</th>
          </tr>
          <xsl:for-each select="Inventory/Item">
            <tr>
              <td>
                <xsl:value-of select="OrderId"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <xsl:value-of select="ItemDescription"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <xsl:value-of select="CurrentCount"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <xsl:value-of select="OnOrder"/>
              </td>
            </tr>


          </xsl:for-each>
        </table>
      </body>
    </html>

  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

What I have tried:

I have tried changing the href and the location the files are stored. I cant seem to find a reason why it wont work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Posted 27-May-16 17:50pm

Member 12546783

Updated 27-May-16 18:34pm

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George Jonsson · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-27T18:34:00

There are a few errors in both your XML file and the style sheet.

1. In the XML

XML

<?xml-stylsheet type="text/xsl" href="Documentation.xsl"?>

should be

XML

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Documentation.xsl"?>

stylesheet misspelled

2. In the XSLT
XML is case sensitive, so the statement

XML

<xsl:template match="/root" xmlns:xsl="#unknown"></xsl:template>

should be

XML

<xsl:template match="/Root" xmlns:xsl="#unknown"></xsl:template>

2.1 Also consider to add the statement

XML

<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" />

to your XSLT file.
See XSLT <xsl:output> Element[^]

2.2 XSLT is recursive by nature

XML

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <th>OrderId</th>
    <th>ItemDescription</th>
    <th>CurrentCount</th>
    <th>OnOrder</th>
  </tr>
  <xsl:for-each select="Inventory/Item">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="OrderId"/>
      </td>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="ItemDescription"/>
      </td>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="CurrentCount"/>
      </td>
      <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="OnOrder"/>
      </td>
    </tr>


  </xsl:for-each>
</table>

should be changed to

XML

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <th>OrderId</th>
    <th>ItemDescription</th>
    <th>CurrentCount</th>
    <th>OnOrder</th>
  </tr>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="Item" />
</table>

and add

XML

<xsl:template match="Item">
  <tr>
    <td>
      <xsl:value-of select="OrderId"/>
    </td>
    <td>
      <xsl:value-of select="ItemDescription"/>
    </td>
    <td>
      <xsl:value-of select="CurrentCount"/>
    </td>
    <td>
      <xsl:value-of select="OnOrder"/>
    </td>
  </tr>
</xsl:template>

One last thing. Are you sure about the XSLT version?
Most browsers only support version 1.0

XML

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">version ="2.0"></xsl:stylesheet>