Re: [xsl] How to create hyperlinks using XSL or XML files

Subject: Re: [xsl] How to create hyperlinks using XSL or XML files
From: "Noel Golding" <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:55:05 -0500
<xsl:for-each select="@URL">
<a href="{@URL}">
<span style="font-family:Arial">
<xsl:value-of select=""/>
</span>
</a>
</xsl:for-each>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie M. Watson" <Stephanie_M._Watson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: [xsl] How to create hyperlinks using XSL or XML files


> Hello All:
>
> I apologize if this is a repetitive question, but I browsed the archives
and couldn't find quite what I was looking for. I am new to XML and need
some help.
>
> I have an XML file which is a listing of different scientific resources on
the web.  The beginning of the file and two entries of scientific resources
in it looks like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <!DOCTYPE Digital_Catalog SYSTEM "digital_catalog_sw.dtd">
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="bdeicatalogwimage.xslt"?>
>
> <Digital_Catalog>
> <Content>
> <Environmental>
> <Environmental_Title>Environmental Data</Environmental_Title>
> <Environmental_Data
> Site_Type_Title="Website Type:"
> Site_Type="Data"
> Subject_Type_Title="Subject:"
> Subject_Type="Biological">
> <Website Site_Title="Website Title:"
> Website_Title="USFWS Gulf of Maine Program"
> Web_address="URL:"
> URL="http://gulfofmaine.fws.gov/";
> Site_Description="Description:"
> Description="This site offers access to habitat information for the Gulf
of Maine watershed."
> Temporal="Temporal Coverage:"
> Temporal_Coverage="Unlimited"
> Spatial="Spatial Coverage:"
> Spatial_Coverage="Gulf of Maine"
> Variables="Variables:"
> Variable1="Habitat"
> Monitoring="Monitoring Frequency:"
> Monitoring_Frequency="Varies"/>
> </Environmental_Data>
> <Environmental_Data
> Site_Type_Title="Website Type:"
> Site_Type="Data"
> Subject_Type_Title="Subject:"
> Subject_Type="Biological">
> <Website Site_Title="Website Title:"
> Website_Title="Pilot Census of Marine Life for the Gulf of Maine"
Web_address="URL:"
> URL="http://www.whoi.edu/marinecensus/index.htm";
> ...
> </Environmental_Data>
>
> I want to display the URLs that I have declared in the XML document as
URL="http://..."; as hyperlinks on the web.  Currently, the output from my
stylesheet looks like this in Internet Explorer:
>
> Website Type:
> Data
> Subject:
> Biological
> Website Title:
> USFWS Gulf of Maine Program
> URL:
> http://gulfofmaine.fws.gov/
> Description:
> This site offers access to habitat information for the Gulf of Maine
watershed.
> Temporal Coverage:
> Unlimited
> Spatial Coverage:
> Gulf of Maine
> Variables:
> Habitat
> Monitoring Frequency:
> Varies
> [whole thing repeats for each different website]
>
> I'm thinking that I have to work with the XSL file, but so far, I only see
a way to hyperlink a single URL in the stylesheet  -- so that the one
hyperlinked URL is used in every listing in the XML document.
>
> Here's the relevant part of my XSLT file  (the URL section).  This simply
displays the web address when the XML file is viewed on IE.  The address is
not an active hyperlink.
>
> <xsl:for-each select="@URL">
> <span style="font-family:Arial">
> <xsl:value-of select=""/>
> </span>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> Any ideas on how to resolve this are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Stephanie Watson
> Unversity of Maine
>
>
>
>
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