What is this?  
=============
  The tarball you just decompressed contains the sources
for mod-xslt2. mod-xslt2 is a server side module able to
parse xml data and apply xslt stylesheets on the fly.
  It has _many_ features and, at time of writing, can
be used with apache 1.3 and apache 2.0.
  The API provided allows to easily add support for other
web servers, and work is under way to provide a cgi-bin
wrapper and a proxy module.
  The main site for the mod-xslt2 project is

	http://www.modxslt.org/

  where you can find documentation, this file and all
related material. To get help or to know more about
mod-xslt2, you can also subscribe to the mailing 
lists. You can find a web interface to subscribe to
the mailing lists at http://ml.modxslt.org/ml/.


Installation and Usage
======================
  For instruction on how to install, use, compile
package mod-xslt2 or on how to employ it in your own
applications, please take a look to the `doc' directory.
  In this directory, you can find other direcotries:

    manual - contains mod-xslt2 installation, 
	  usage, packaging and configuration manual 
	  in various formats (docbook, pdf, html, 
	  txt ...)

    man - contains mod-xslt2 unix manual pages
          for command line utilities.

    faq - contains mod-xslt2 faq mainly in .xml
    	  and .html format.

    patches - contains documentation about troubles
     	  you may encounter due to bugs you may find
	  in some versions of libxml2 or libxslt,
	  and the description of the provided patches
	  you may use to `solve' the problem.

     misc - mainly two files: why.txt - I used to justify
       	  to myself the time I spent behind mod-xslt2
	  while I could have done many more pleasant
	  things. comparison.txt - which contains a
	  list of other mod-xslt modules for apache
	  and outlines their strenghts and features.


License
=======
  mod-xslt2 is derived from work by Philipp Dunkel 
<philipp at dunkel.org> and others. This version was 
almost completely rewritten by Carlo Contavalli,
<ccontavalli at inscatolati.net>, thanks to help by many
other people and to its employer who supported him
while working on the project (http://www.masobit.net/).
  For a complete list of the people who helped the
project, please read the CREDITS file.
  
  Unless otherwise specified, mod-xslt2 and all the files
part of the mod-xslt2 project are free software; you can 
redistribute and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU 
General Public License as published by the Free Software 
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your 
option) any later version.

  mod-xslt2 is distributed in the hope that it will be 
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied 
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more 
details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General 
Public License along with this program; if not, write 
to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, 
Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.