>From: "Rashmi Rubdi" <rashmi.sub@xxxxxxxxx>

>
>I don't think there's an option to call an XSL stylesheet without an
>input XML,

It is a requirement of XSLT 2.0 that the initial template can be specified
by QName, rather than chosen by a match on the initial context node, which
is not required), and therefore no input XML document is required.

With the Saxon command line, this is the -it option.

I just noticed this thread and thought I'll try the above mentioned
option since I was interested in knowing if it's possible to have a
standalone XSLT.

java -jar c:\dev\saxonb8-9-0-3j\saxon8.jar -it something
standalone.xsl > output1.xml

In the above case "something" is the name of the named template inside
standalone.xsl.

I guess invoking a standalone stylesheet on a named template within it
makes sense because a styesheet can have multiple templates.

Also the output file could be omitted, in which case the output is
printed on the console.

With Gestalt/gexslt, it is the --initial-template option.

(I don't know Altova).

-Regards
Rashmi