[xsl] removing duplicate nodes

["B. Tommie Usdin" <btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: "Uslu, Cihan Y (MED)" <Cihan.Uslu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: HELP:removing duplicate nodes
>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:21:39 -0500



>Hi;
>I have a XML document as following:
>--------------------------------
><glossary>
>	<glossterm>
>		<TERM>Cyst</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>	<glossterm>
>		<TERM>Cyst</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>           <glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>		<TERM>Anechoic</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">refers to a structure that
>transmits ultrasound without
>						reflecting sound back to
>its source.</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>	<glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>		<TERM>Echolucent</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">no echoes</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>            <glossterm>
>		<TERM>Cyst</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">fluid- filled (echo-free) with
>well-defined walls and posterior acoustic enhancement</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>
>	<glossterm Language="English" Revision="1.0"
>ProprietaryClass="A" CourseNum="US506" OriginatingGroup="LS"
>Owner="Ultrasound Training">
>		<TERM>Heterogenous</TERM>
>		<DEFN TargetUser="FE">different textures</DEFN>
>	</glossterm>
>         ......
>...
>
></glossary>
>
>----------------------------------------
>
>I want my output to be;
>---------------------------------------------
>Cyst: fluid- filled (echo-free) with well-defined walls and posterior
>acoustic enhancement
>Anechoic: refers to a structure that transmits ultrasound without
>reflecting sound back to its source
>Echolucent: no echoes
>Heterogenous: different textures
>-----------------------------------------------
>
>With my XSL scipt I get everything, including duplicate node with their
>text nodes included. If there is a duplicate node and the text node is
>same I dont want it in my output (if the text node is different then, I
>want it to be shown) How can I do that?
>Thank you for the help.
>
>Cihan


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