Re: template matching.. display the data

Subject: Re: template matching.. display the data
From: Guy_Murphy@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:14:58 +0000
Hi.

I think I understand the point you are making, in which case I would
recommend that you instigate the XSL transformation from script. That way
you can style the XML document with the XSL document *of your choice*
rather than the one specified in the XML document. This is also necessary
if you want to render several different views of the same XML document.

My site shows this in practice, presenting several views of The Works of
Shakespeare.

http://www.guy-murphy.easynet.co.uk (IE5 only)

Cheers
     Guy.





xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 03/23/99 07:56:28 PM

To:   xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc:    (bcc: Guy Murphy/UK/MAID)
Subject:  Re: template matching.. display the data




Hello Duane,
        Thanks much for providing the exmaples, the matching works.
However, i have a question on one of the comments you made regarding
XML.
You say that the purpose of XML is to separate the data from the style.
I totally agree with that, but what happens in a situation, when
there is a user dictated style asscociated with each set of data.
For eg,
The user has the flexibility to select the font and color and other style
attributes for certain data. Next time, when the user wants to view the
same information, i would like to display it in the same style as
the user had selected initailly. In this case wouldn't the style be an
attribute of the data?
Does that defeat the purpose of XML?
The reason i ask is that I am working on a proof of concept project,
and I need to find out if XML is a viable candidate.
Thanks again
Nilofer

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Duane Nickull wrote:
> Hello Nilofer:
>
> It's Duane Nickull (xmldirectory.com) again.  I have made your files for
> you and uploaded them onto my server.  They are available for viewing
> at:
>
> http://www.xmldirectory.com/tests/
>
> There are two files.  The first one, name.xml, is as follows:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
> <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="name.xsl"?>
>
> <Name>
> <!--here is the first person-->
>     <person>
>       <first>
>           Nilofer
>     </first>
>       <last>
>           lastnamehere
>       </last>
>       </person>
>
> <!--here is another person-->
>       <person>
>       <first>
>           Duane
>       </first>
>       <last>
>           Nickull
>       </last>
>     </person>
>
> </Name>
>
> As you can see, I have removed the attributes you had of type="text" and
> color="blue" fromt eh xml document.  That's what xml is all about,
> separating content from design markup.  The text and color stuff belongs
> in the *.xsl document.
>
> Now here is the *.xsl document.  I have streamlined it a bit:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <HTML xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl";>
>
> <head></head>
> <body>
>
>
>       <xsl:for-each select="Name/person">
>             <DIV STYLE="background-color:teal; color:white; padding:4px;
>       width:50%;">
>               <SPAN STYLE="font-weight:italic; color:white">
>                       This person's first name is: <xsl:value-of
select="first"/><br/>
>                       This person's last name is: <xsl:value-of
select="last"/><hr/>
>               </SPAN>
>              </DIV>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </body>
> </HTML>
>
> If you go to my server and view this in IE 5.0 you will see the names
> and values expressed in this *.xsl sheet.
>
> Play around with this a bit and see what happens.
>
> Duane Nickull
> www.cartnetwork.com
> "E-commerce since way before it was cool"
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Nilofer Motiwala wrote:
> >
> > Duane,
> >         Thanks for the response. However the <value-of select> tag is
> > not living up to expectations!
> >
> > here is my xsl file
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> >    <xsl:for-each select="Name">
> >       <xsl:value-of select="Name"/>
> >    </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > This however produces a blank page.
> >
> > If i put in a "Hello world" in side of the for-each, it get's printed
out!
> >
> > So where am i going wrong here?
> >
> > Would be great if someone could point out my mistake.
> >
> > Thanks much
> > Nilu
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:36:56 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Nilu <nmotiwal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: nmotiwal@xxxxxxxx
> > To: nilum
> > Subject: Re: template matching.. display the data (fwd)
> >
> >
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > When the going gets tough,
> > The tough gets going!
> >
> >                         Nilofer Motiwala
> >                         *****************
> >
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:30:38 -0800
> > From: Duane Nickull <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: template matching.. display the data
> >
> > Hello Nilofer:
> >
> > Try this
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="Name">
> >    Hello, the name is:  <xsl:value-of select="Name"/>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > This will print the value of the name for each.
> >
> > If you want to have it diplayed in blue text,  you can use xsl to do
> > this also.
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="Names">
> >       <DIV STYLE="background-color:gray; color:blue; padding:4px;
> > width:50%%;">
> >         <SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold; color:blue"><xsl:value-of
> > select="Names"/></SPAN>
> >        </DIV>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > Any tag that occurs only once like the <xsl:value-of select="Names"/>
> > it is really important to remember to use the / character after the
> > select value.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Duane Nickull
> > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > "Indexing XML for the Internet"
> >
> > Nilofer Motiwala wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >     I have a question on the template matching.
> > >
> > > My Xml file has some data of the form
> > >
> > > <Name type="text" color="blue">
> > >      Nilofer
> > > </Name>
> > >
> > > I am interested in matching the type field of the Name tag, and if it
is
> > > a text then displaying the data.
> > >
> > > Here is what I tried:
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="Name[@Type='text']">
> > >
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > 1) Not too sure how to display the data
> > > 2) Tried using the xsl:text and xsl:process-children, within the
> > >    tempalte match and IE5 was not happy
> > >
> > > does any one know how to go about this task?
> > >
> > > Thanks for answering my queries!
> > >
> > > Nilofer Motiwala
> > >
> > >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
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