Re: [xsl] Select unique xsl:key

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 01:45 AM 12/24/2008, you wrote:
> How to avoid duplicate key value in XSLT, it should select only unique
> values. Here I am moving affiliation to referenced authors. "AF3-7" coming
> three times, it should select only one very first referenced.

I don't think this is a clear specification.

AF3-7 is referenced three times, but it appears only once in the 
source. Because it is retrieved by the key every time it is 
referenced, it appears in the result three times.

Maybe you want it to appear in the result only the first time it is 
referenced. But you haven't said this so I'm guessing; nor have you 
said what you want to happen after the first time. (Is it dropped? 
should a link to its appearance be made?)

In any case, you are already avoiding duplicate references -- even if 
more than one AF3-7 appears in the source, only the first will be 
used, due to the predicate filter on the expression 
'key('kyaff',following-sibling::AFFILIATION.CLINK/@LINKENDS)[1]'.

If you want to avoid processing references after the first, one way 
to do this is to define a reverse key to the referencing elements 
(instead of to the elements referenced), as in:

<xsl:key name="aff-references" match="AFFILIATION.CLINK" use="@LINKENDS"/>

then use this to determine whether, when you process an 
AFFILIATION.CLINK element, it is the first such element that 
references its target.

But again, I'm just guessing. In any case, the solution is in 
specifying what you want. :-)

Cheers,
Wendell



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