Re: [xsl] [Fwd: Text from mixed content but not all embedded elements]

[Andy Black <andy_black@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you Michael and David.

It works just right (and seems so obvious now... blush).

--Andy

On 3/11/2009 2:33 PM, Michael Kay wrote:
> Use the standard XSLT coding pattern: for each element, write a template
> rule that recurses downwards to process its children. Except when you don't
> want to process the children:
>
> <xsl:template match="secTitle">
>   <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="endNote"/>
>
> In fact, the only rule you need explicitly is the one for endNote; for all
> the other nodes, the default built-in template rule does the right thing.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Black [mailto:andy_black@xxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 11 March 2009 21:25
> > To: XSL List
> > Subject: [xsl] [Fwd: Text from mixed content but not all 
> > embedded elements]
> >
> > I have a situation with an XML portion like the following:
> >
> > <secTitle>Complements of <langData lang="lVernacular">le'e</langData>
> > and other arguments<endnote id="nhabby">
> >       <p>We wish to thank those who helped us.</p> </endnote> 
> > </secTitle>
> >
> >
> > Using XSLT 1.0, I want to output the text of all but what is in the 
> > embedded <endnote> element.  That is, the text output I want is
> >
> >     Complements of le'e and other arguments
> >
> > I know that if I use <xsl:copy-of select="text()"/> I can get 
> > all of the 
> > text nodes, but I want to limit it to all but what is within the 
> > <endnote> element.
> >
> > Is there a way to do this in XSLT 1.0?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Andy