Re: [xsl] regexp question

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 12, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Michael Kay wrote:

> I would do it like this:
>
> <xsl:template match="img[matches(@src, '.*dropcap/.\.gif')]" 
> mode="dropcap">
>   <xsl:value-of select="@alt"/>
> </xsl:template>

That worked, once I added the namespace prefix.

> > Also, is there some reasonably reliable way -- again using
> > xslt 2.0 --
> > to take this ...
> >
> >    <meta name="byl" content="By C. J. CHIVERS and STEVEN LEE MYERS" />
> >
> > .... and turn it into this:
> >
> >    <meta name="author" content="Chivers, C. J." />
> >    <meta name="author" content="Myers, Steven Lee" />
>
> It all depends on how wide the variations are in your source data. If 
> you
> want to do the above, while also changing "BOB DU CHARME" to "du 
> Charme,
> Bob", then you have got an interesting challenge on your hands. Try to
> define the algorithm you want to use before you start asking how to 
> code it
> in XSLT.

I'm willing to let Bob's name get a bit mangled.  I can always manually 
correct stuff that falls thought the cracks occasionally.

The most important thing is to get "surname, forename" so that I can 
more easily query and transform that later (into more finely parsed 
bibliographic records, for example).  While there will be exceptions to 
this rule, I'm content enough to just say:

	-   a name is all caps
	-   within a name the last name is the surname
	-   anything before that are the forenames
	-   multiple names are delimited by either ", " or " and "

Titlecasing would be nice (though I note there's no such function in 
XSLT 2.0).

Bruce