Re: [xsl] Text To XML using XSL

["N. Ganesh Babu" <ganesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello James,
>
> Basically I want to convert the citations at the end of the books into 
> XML formats. This citations includes book citations, journal citation 
> and some other.  I am trying with Regular expressions to convert to 
> XML through Perl. But I am not a good programmer. It is getting 
> converted but little difficult. some of the cases I can not. Still I 
> am looking for solutions.  I am giving some sample Text and XML Cases. 
> These are some of the examples, we will be having 50 varities with in 
> the book citations itself.
>
> Text
>
> 1. B H. J. Eichler, P. G&#x0123;nter, and D. W. Pohl, <I>Laser-Induced 
> Dynamic Gratings</I> (Springer, Berlin, 1986).
>
> 2. B J. D. Ferry, <I>Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers,</I> 3rd ed. 
> (Wiley, New York, 1980).
>
> 3. B B. E. Conway, in <I>Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry,</I> 
> edited by J. O. M. Bockris and B. E. Conway (Butterworths, London, 
> 1964), p. 43.
>
>
> XML
>
> 1. 
> <book><refauth><fname>H.</fname><middlename>J.</middlename><surname>Eichler</surname></refauth> 
> <refauth><fname>P.</fname><surname>G&#x0123;nter</surname></refauth> 
> and 
> <refauth><fname>D.</fname><middlename>W.</middlename><surname>Pohl</surname></refauth> 
> <booktitle>Laser-Induced Dynamic Gratings</booktitle>, 
> (<publisher>Springer</publisher>, Berlin, <date>1986</date>)
>
> 2. 
> <book><refauth><fname>J.</fname><middlename>D.</middlename><surname>Ferry</surname></refauth> 
> <booktitle>Viscoelastic Properties of 
> Polymers,</booktitle><edition>3rd ed.</edition>, 
> (<publisher>Wiley</publisher>, New York, <date>1980</date>)
>
> 3. 
> <book><refauth><fname>B.</fname><middlename>E.</middlename><surname>Conway</surname></refauth> 
> in <booktitle>Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry,</booktitle> edited 
> by <editor><fname>J.</fname><middlename>O.</middlename> 
> <middlename>M.</middlename><surname>Bockris</surname></editor>and 
> <editor><fname>B.</fname><middlename>E.</middlename><surname>Conway</surname></editor>, 
> (<publisher>Butterworths</publisher>, London, <date>1964</date>),  p. 
> <pages>43</pages>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Ganesh
>
>
> James Fuller wrote:
>
> > N. Ganesh Babu wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I am very well know that we can convert XML files into any other files
> > > viz. HTML, XHTML, SGML , Text by using XSL. Is it possible to convert
> > > Text into XML,HTML using XSL? If yes, please let me know the resources.
> > >    
> >
> >
> > Hello Ganesh,
> >
> > this is a fairly general question, with the answer being mainly
> > yes...and no depending on circumstances.
> >
> > the xsl:output method determines format of output and the document()
> > function is used to bring in external files...with some limited success
> > it is possible to process text in XSLT 1.0.
> >
> > XSLT 2.0 is much better at bringing in irregular text, with its regular
> > expression capabilities and unparsed-text() function
> > (check out http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/09/xslt.html).
> >
> > I would suggest asking your question again, though with some
> > specifics...and perhaps example xml(or text in your case).
> >
> > --Jim Fuller