[4suite] Re: [XML-SIG] xsl:nclude-and-transform

[Mike Olson]

Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> Mike Olson wrote:
> 
> > I must be missing the problem statement.  From what I gathered, you want
> > to insert company.xml into your docbook src, but translate xompany.xml
> > into docbook before doing so.  Is that correct?
> 
> That's not at all what I read, but I'll let Nico speak for himself.
> 
> > > > As you understood, I'm missing a <xsl:include-after-transform/> tag...
> 
> This is mostly the question I was answering.  Note *after*, not
> *before*.
> 
> > > Failing that, and if you don't mind minimal XSLT additions, the best solution
> > > is probably
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="affiliation">
> > >   <xsl:variable name="included">
> > >     <xsl:value-of select="document('company.xml')"/>
> > >   </xsl:variable>
> > >   <xsl:copy>
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="$included"/>
> > >   </xsl:copy>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > Does all this help?
> >
> > I guess I also don't see how this is less flexible then using XInclude
> > in the source document.  The only way this is a bit more flexible is
> > that you could parameterize "company.xml".
> 
> No.  You can also parameterize when and where you do the inclusions, as
> well as their semantics.
> 
> Most importantly, your Docbook stylesheet needn't know anything about
> company.xml's structure.

Something has to convert the structure of company.xml into either
docbook, or the expected output.

Mike


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Mike Olson                                Principal Consultant
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Boulder, CO 80301-2537, USA
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