Re: [xsl] flattening and re-ordering nested notes

[Walter Lee Davis <waltd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 18, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Andrew Welch wrote:

> > > Put in the effort to create an example input and required output and
> > > someone might post the code to turn that input into that output...
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance if you can help:
> >
> > http://pastie.org/254986
>
>
> So the sample input is:
>
> [snip]
> Better than nothing, but both can be shortened down to:
>
> Input:
>
> <publication>
>   <document>
>     <div>
>       <note id="note1">
>         <note id="note2"/>
>        </note>
>     </div>
>   </document>
> </publication>
>
> Output:
>
> <publication>
>   <document>
>     <div/>
>     <note id="note1"/>
>     <note id="note2"/>
>   </document>
> </publication>
>
> ...which demonstrates the same problem, but with all unrelated
> information removed.  This sort of small, complete example is what you
> should be aiming for when posting a question to a mailing list.

Thanks for the example, I'll try to remember that in the future. I  
was hoping to spare the bulk of the list having to slog through the  
whole thing, hence the use of pastie. I did initially post something  
this brief, but was asked for more detail, hence the additional  
content (really quite a lot shortened from the original 340K document).

> Here's a transform that should do what you need:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
>     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
>     exclude-result-prefixes="xs">
>
> <xsl:template match="@*|node()" mode="#all">
> 	<xsl:copy>
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> 	</xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="note"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="document">
> 	<xsl:copy>
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> 	</xsl:copy>
> 	<xsl:apply-templates select="//note" mode="notes"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> If you are stuck with 1.0 it will take a bit more effort because it
> doesn't have mode="#all" (you just have to copy the identity template
> and put it in the mode="notes")

I am indeed stuck in 1.0, so just to clarify, do you mean that I need  
to create a new template, mode="notes" and put it at the same level  
as the identity template, and then remove the mode="#all" bit from  
the identity template?


> --
> Andrew Welch


Thanks very much for your help, this looks extremely promising.

Walter