Re: [xsl] Grouping a List into A Grid Structure

[Jeff Sese <jeferson.sese@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06 23, 08, at 4:38 PM, Florent Georges wrote:

> >
>   I tried to extrapolate the exact rules to transform between those  
> two
> formats, but I failed to do so.  Could you please explain a bit
> further?
>
>   By the way, at first glance, it seems strange to want to loose
> structure, from a more structured to less structured XML format.
> Usually the question is the other way around.  But this is maybe
> because I failed to see the relation between the two formats.
>
>   Regards,
>
> --drkm

I'm using the data for an XML workflow in InDesign. The main idea is  
to convert the list into a somewhat linear structure so that items  
are group according to order in which they appeared in the original  
list. Somewhat like a table, where there is a column for each list.

I added a wrapper element for the grouping that i want to achieve, to  
make it clearer:

<root>
	<list>
		<group order="1st">
			<item type="a">list 1 item 1</item>
			<item type="a">list 2 item 1</item>
			<item type="a">list 3 item 1</item>
		</group>
		<group order="1st">
			<item type="b">list 1 item 2</item>
			<item/>
			<item/>
		</group>
		<group order="1st">
			<item/>
			<item type="b">list 2 item 2</item>
			<item type="b">list 3 item 2</item>
		</group>
		<group order="1st">
			<item/>
			<item type="b">list 2 item 3</item>
			<item type="b">list 3 item 3</item>
		</group>
		<group order="1st">
			<item/>
			<item type="b">list 2 item 4</item>
			<item/>
		</group>
	</list>
</root>

I need the empty item element for ease of reverting back to the  
original structure.

I hope this clears my problem a bit.

-- Jeff