Re: [xsl] newbie: merging XML files using XSLT

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

At 01:47 PM 4/29/2003, you wrote:
> Is there a way to use and existing xml file as output for a XSL
> transformation(essentially appending elements to an existing file)?

Yes, it's called the "identity transform" and is easy to look up and learn 
about. The stylesheet processor traverses a source document, copying its 
nodes to output as it goes. To aggregate files, you would extend the 
transform so it "annotates" your source (with information drawn from your 
other sources) as it goes along.

Funny how these questions come in clusters. The identify transform came up 
at least twice yesterday....

Cheers,
Wendell


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