Subject: Re: Complex transformations using Jade From: Paul Tyson <ptyso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 08:14:10 -0500 |
joseph, Gershon wrote: > > Yes, please post the stylesheet. I'll try to use it to write my own > transformation stylesheet. If I can get it to work, I'll publish the result, > because it's a semi-generic RTF to DocBook transformation, which I'm sure > many people will find useful. > > Brandon Ibach [mailto:bibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > > Quoting joseph, Gershon <Gershon_joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Has anyone done complex SGML transformations using Jade? I spent a day > > investigating using Jade to transform a flat RTF-like instance to a > DocBook > > like instance. The problem is that, while source instance has all elements > > at the same level (para), the target must have elements inside elements, > > e.g., title and para inside section. I have started to write this > > transformation in Omnimark, but would prefer a standards-based solution if > > it is possible. > > > > Is the transformation side of DSSSL, for which there is not yet an engine, > > capable of this type of transformation, or is it like XSLT, meant for > > preparing an instance for formatting, and not full-bore complex > > transformations? > > > [reply from Brandon, cut] I recently completed a fairly large style-sheet to do exactly this type of transformation--from a relatively flat structure (with mixed content, even) to a more hierarchical structure. After 3 or 4 rewrites I hit upon some techniques that seem to work pretty well and might be applicable to similar transformations. I haven't documented it at all, but if you're in need of further examples I could put something together and make it available. Good luck, Paul Tyson DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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