Re: [xsl] xslt and i18n

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@xxxxxxxx>]

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Andrew Welch wrote:

> I would image it would be straightforward to implement my own i18n
> solution, something like:
> 
> <title>
>   <xsl:value-of select="fn:getLocalisedValue('page.title', 'The
> English Title', 'de_DE')"/>
> </title>
> 
> where the arguments are token key, default value and locale.

I think that replacing all literal texts inside template by xsl:value-of
and function call is overkill and it makes stylesheet less readable.

To overcome this limitation I have integrated Gettext library into Saxon
some time ago:

http://xmlguru.cz/2006/10/saxon-gettext

			Jirka

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