RE: [xsl] Referencing Multiple Documents in One Folder -- Repost

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So long as you really do mean "preceding" and "following" nodes in the sense
of the XPath axes, then the answer is yes. However, you can't use XPath axes
to navigate between different documents in a collection.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Sese [mailto:jsese@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 18 September 2006 12:28
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Referencing Multiple Documents in One 
> Folder -- Repost
> 
> Another one, what if i want to assign to a variable all the 
> occurrences of a particular element and cast it as element()+ 
> will i still be able to access the information above and 
> below the particular element, above meaning preceding nodes 
> and below meaning following node? And how do i write that in 
> xsl? Is this a correct way to achieve this?
> 
> <xsl:variable name="articles" as="element()+" select="for 
> $file in collection(iri-to-uri('XML files?select=*.xml')) 
> then $file//article"/>
> 
> Thanks again,
> -- Jeff
> 
> 
> Jeff Sese wrote:
> > Yes i'm using a relative uri, and i found out that i need to escape 
> > the string to %HH format for it to work.
> >
> > Thanks Sir Mike!
> > -- Jeff
> >
> > Michael Kay wrote:
> >> If the directory is called "c:\XML files", then you should use
> >>
> >> collection('file:///c:/XML%20files')
> >>
> >> (It might work without escaping the space as %20, I'm not sure)
> >>
> >> If you use a relative URI, then it will be taken as 
> relative to the 
> >> URI of the stylesheet.
> >>
> >> Michael Kay
> >> http://www.saxonica.com/.
> >>  
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Jeff Sese [mailto:jsese@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 18 
> September 2006
> >>> 11:55
> >>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: Re: [xsl] Referencing Multiple Documents in One 
> Folder -- 
> >>> Repost
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to load a group of xml files that are found in a local 
> >>> sub-directory where the xslt file is located, what i'm doing is:
> >>>
> >>> <xsl:for-each select="collection('XML files')">
> >>>     <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
> >>> </xsl:for-each>
> >>>
> >>> But i'm getting an invalid URI error. I'm do not know much about 
> >>> URIs and this is the first time that i'm trying to do 
> this loop thru 
> >>> a collection of document thing, i usually make a reference to a 
> >>> single document with can be easily done using the 
> document() function.
> >>> -- Jeff
> >>> Michael Kay wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>>> What do i need to pass as a parameter of the collection         
> >>> function? Is    
> >>>>> it a URI of an catalog xml file that list all the files 
> i need to 
> >>>>> loop through? or is it just the URI of the folder that         
> >>> contains all    
> >>>>> the xml files i need?
> >>>>>             
> >>>> In Saxon, those are the two options supported by the default 
> >>>> collection URI resolver. You can use either approach, 
> but I       
> >>> think you    
> >>>> wanted the latter. If there's part of the documentation 
> you don't 
> >>>> understand, please explain what part.
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael Kay
> >>>> http://www.saxonica.com/