Re: [xsl] regexs, grouping (?) and XSLT2?

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, going back to this:

On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:10 AM, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> I'd really like to make the stylesheet configurable via an XML style
> file.  The style file would basically define variables, lay them out
> in the appropriate order, and give instructions on surrounding
> punctuation.  Think BibTeX .bst files, but in XML.
>
> So a layout for a book might look like (there'd also be other stuff
> that defines how to format names, lists of terms to use for thing like
> editors, and media, etc.):
>
> 	<reftype name="book">
> 	  <creator/>
> 	  <date before=" (" after=") ">
> 	    <year/>
> 	  </date>
> 	  <title font-shape="italic" after=", "/>

I decided to make things simpler and just make the stylesheet
configurable internally, and then maybe later I can worry about reading
an external (XML) configuration file.

Does the below seem like the right approach?  And conceptually how do I
think about reading a non-xsl file and getting the xslt to apply the
below logic?

<!-- begin configuration options -->

<!--
biborder template called by main bib template to determine order of
processing
Note: this of course leaves the author-year ordering fixed; not a
problem now, but would be
if I want to allow greater configuration options.
-->

<xsl:template name="biborder">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="mods:titleInfo"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="mods:originInfo"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="mods:relatedItem"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="mods:location"/>
</xsl:template>

<!-- punctuation variables -->

<xsl:variable name="title-before">
  <xsl:text></xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="title-after">
  <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="year-before">
  <xsl:text>(</xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="year-after">
  <xsl:text>) </xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="creator-before">
  <xsl:text></xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="creator-after">
  <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

.... etc.

Bruce

PS - I get the same weird virus warning as Mike.