Subject: Re: [xsl] Answers to review questions in "Beginning XSLT": Chapter 10 From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:06:14 +0000 |
Hi Lars, > 2. What format can the values of ID attributes take? > > Answer: > They have to be XML Names, which means they must start with a > letter, underscore, or colon, and contain only "alphanumeric" > characters (which include '.' | '-' | '_' | ':' plus other similar > punctuation in Unicode). In particular, no spaces are allowed. There are a couple of things here. You say "plus other similar punctuation in Unicode". Actually, XML names can only include the punctuation characters you list: '.', '-', '_' and ':'. The ':' character should not be used in IDs nowadays because the Namespaces in XML Rec. stated that you should use NCNames instead of full XML Names. NCNames (non-colonised names) can't contain a colon. > 4. What three types of arguments can the id() function take and what > does it return from each? > > Answer: > id() can take a string containing a single ID, in which case it returns > the element that has that ID. > id() can take a string containing multiple IDs separated by space, in > which case it returns a node set consisting of the elements that have > those IDs. > id() can take a node set, in which case id() returns a node set > consisting of the elements whose IDs are the values of nodes in the > argument node set. Yes, and if the nodes have values that are space-separated IDs, then those get used. > 7. Construct a stylesheet that groups <Film> elements by their <Year> > children and by their rating attributes. > > Answer: That looks good (I assume it worked!). Another challenge is a stylesheet that will group first by Year and then (within that) by rating. [I think that's what I meant by the question, but I admit that it's not worded clearly.] Cheers, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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