RE: [xsl] Handling Cross References

[<Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> Is there any easy way of handling cross references?
> 
> I am looking to do a transform to create a legal document where each 
> paragraph is a numbered clause (handled by styles in the form 
> of 1, 2, 
> 3, 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii)(a), 3(iii)(b), etc) and need to include a 
> facility where one clause might contain a reference to another clause 
> and the number of clauses in between might vary.
> 
> Has anyone come across this problem before/found a solution?

FAQ, see http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N2064.html. Just use different number formats to get "3(iii)(b)" and re-resolve the paragraph number of the target when processing a cross reference.

Cheers,

Jarno - Madam Zu: August 2003 Part 1