The SLAX Scripting Language: An Alternate Syntax for XSLT

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SLAXXSLTXMLscripting languagealternate syntaxJuniper NetworksJunoscopenetwork management platform

Author: thefilmore

Date: 5/30/2026

Article Summary:

This article discusses the SLAX scripting language, an alternate syntax for XSLT, the W3C standard XML-to-XML transformation language. SLAX simplifies the syntax of XSLT, making it more readable and maintainable, and is used in the Juniper Networks Junoscope network management platform.