Need some help with meta keywords tag in XSMT

sinewave · Feb 3, 2008

Hi everyone,
Can anyone give me the dumbed-down version of how to generate a meta keywords tag from an XSLT file. I've been looking for almost 3 hours and am unable to understand what most of the online forums suggest.

I just want to hard code it for the time being.

HTML tags don't work on meta stuff generated from XSL.

Thanks in advance.
Best,
Sine

Edited because I can't seem to type. I meant "XSLT", not "XSMT"

sinewave · Feb 8, 2008

Sorry for the bump, but no one has some advice with inserting metadata via an XSLT document?

Best,
Sine

SmallStorm · Feb 8, 2008

Hi Sinewave,

I'm trying to understand what you are asking. Do you want to input into html page metatags generated from a xslt file? Spit out valid html from contents of a xslt doc.?

Chris

SmallStorm · Feb 8, 2008

Sinewave,

Does this page help any? hxxp://weblogs.asp.net/cnagel/archive/2004/09/24/233765.aspx

Chris

caretaker2007 · Feb 8, 2008

Looking at the below from W3*Schools it seems like you can just add the head tag in with your meta. If someone sees that I am reading this wrong please tell me so I can not look silly in the future.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">       <xsl:template match="/">
<html>

Add

Code:

<head>
<meta stuff>
</head>

Then continue with the rest

Code:

<body>
<h2>My CD Collection</h2> 
<xsl:apply-templates/> 
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>       <xsl:template match="cd">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates select="title"/> 
<xsl:apply-templates select="artist"/>
</p>
</xsl:template>       <xsl:template match="title">
Title: <span style="color:#ff0000">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>       <xsl:template match="artist">
Artist: <span style="color:#00ff00">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>       </xsl:stylesheet>

Cole Colin · Jul 20, 2025

Totally get the confusion — XSLT can be tricky at first.
Hard-coding a meta keywords tag is doable with <xsl:element> or <xsl:text>.
Hope someone drops a simple snippet here soon!

RogerRoland · Jul 21, 2025

Totally understand XSLT can be confusing at first.
You can hard code the meta tag using <xsl:element> or plain <xsl:text> inside <head>.
Hope someone shares a working example to make it clearer!

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