XPATH-BASED DISPLAY OF A PAGINATED XML DOCUMENT

A computer-implemented method, device, and computer readable medium transform a markup language document from a digital form to a user-specified form on a display device. Based on a configuration file, a digital markup language document is processed. For a current navigated-to page in the markup language document, context is set to a page node, and a page transformation is performed by the computer. A selection language expression is evaluated, and a node transformation is performed. The node transformation may include setting context, determining the type of decoration associated with the current context, reading the selection language expressions, computing a decoration parameter value for each of the decoration parameters associated with each declaration, and creating and displaying a decoration based on the computed decoration parameter values. The steps may be repeated for remaining markup language node and for each remaining decoration declaration.