Re: [xsl] [XSL] extracting a verse

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

I think you'll have found, trying your code on (e.g.) the sample I 
supplied, the below is a work in progress. :->

Nonetheless it's good to see that another bear has been caught by this 
honey of a problem. Eventually with so many smart people working on it, it 
is bound to become more tractable. (I already put in my $0.02: it's a job 
for a streaming transform, SAX-style, not XSLT.) Let us know as you make 
progress on its deeper aspects.

Cheers,
Wendell

At 02:26 PM 12/18/2002, you wrote:
> I started thinking about this, and I think I have an approach somewhere in 
> between the JITT and the BUVH.  Its pretty simple, actually, so I am 
> wondering if there is a reason that this didn't already come up.  I can't 
> really play around with it anymore, but this might be a step...
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>    <xsl:template match="/quote">
>        <xsl:for-each select="verse">
>            <xsl:call-template name="showverse">
>                <xsl:with-param name="vcont" select="."></xsl:with-param>
>            </xsl:call-template>
>        </xsl:for-each>
>    </xsl:template>
>
>    <xsl:template name="showverse">
>        <xsl:param name="vcont"/>
>        <xsl:call-template name="nextsib">
>            <xsl:with-param name="csib" select="following::*"/>
>        </xsl:call-template><hr/>
>    </xsl:template>
>
>    <xsl:template name="nextsib">
>        <xsl:param name="csib"/>
>        <xsl:value-of select="$csib[1]"/>
>        <xsl:if test="name($csib[1])!='endVerse'">
>            <xsl:call-template name="nextsib">
>                <xsl:with-param name="csib" select="$csib/descendant::*"/>
>            </xsl:call-template>
>            <xsl:if test="not($csib/descendant::endVerse)">
>                <xsl:call-template name="nextsib">
>                    <xsl:with-param name="csib" select="$csib/following::*"/>
>                </xsl:call-template>
>            </xsl:if>
>        </xsl:if>
>    </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>


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