Re: [xsl] WordML to XML

["Joris Gillis" <roac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tempore 03:14:57, die 02/12/2005 AD, hinc in  
xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Vasu Nanjangud  
<vasdeep@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Joris, et al...
>
> My requirement is specifically to convert wordML to
> xml. i.e. strip off the "wordML" specific tags, but
> retain the "formatting instructions".

When you apply this template to your WordML doc:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";  
version="1.0"  
xmlns:w="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml";  
exclude-result-prefixes="w">
  <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="w:wordDocument">
	<vasuarticletag>
		<xsl:apply-templates select=".//w:body"/>
	</vasuarticletag>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="w:r ">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="(w:rPr|w:t)[1]"  mode="styling"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="w:rPr"  mode="styling">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="*[1]" mode="styling"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="w:u|w:b|w:i" priority="5"  mode="styling">
	<xsl:element name="{local-name()}">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="(following-sibling::*|../../w:t)[1]"   
mode="styling"/>
	</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="w:rPr/*"  mode="styling">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="(following-sibling::*|../../w:t)[1]"   
mode="styling"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="w:t"  mode="styling"><xsl:value-of  
select="."/></xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>



you will get this output:

<vasuarticletag>
<b>
   <i>
     <u>
         I have bold, italics and underscore
     </u>
   </i>
</b>
</vasuarticletag>


(I added modes, so the algorithm will not interfere with other templates  
you might be using.)


> So, I need help in writing an xslt which will
> 1. traverse through every "w:r" block.
done.

> 2. Look for "w:rPr" tags with "w:i", "w:b" , "w:u"
> children.
possible, but not necessary.
> 3. If they exist, output <i>, <b>, <u> tags, then
> output the contents of the corresponding "w:t" block
> and then close the <i>, <b>, <u> tags.
This is not the way XSLT works. In XSLT you construct elements, which are  
added to the result tree. When the XSLT processing is done, a serializer  
outputs these elements as tags.
In other words, you cannot "open a tag" nor "close a tag" in XSLT. (unless  
your messing with it as if it was character data, but don't do that)

While step 3 of your the algorithm, can't be used in XSLT. The templates  
in my stylesheet will give output exactly as if they were following step 3.


regards,
--
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