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• Subject: xsl -- Inserting a DOCTYPE if needed
• From: "Caro, Samuel" <Samuel.Caro@U...>
• Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 01:31:33 -0600

How would write a XSL file that inserts the DOCTYPE only and only if not
present?

// Source 1 //-- HAS DOCTYPE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE RootElement SYSTEM "../DTDs/RootElement.dtd">
<RootElement>
	...
	...
</RootElement>


// Source 2  //-- NO DOCTYPE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<RootElement>
	...
	...
</RootElement>



// XSL FILE 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">

<!-- This is what I need to make conditional -->
<!-- If the DOCTYPE is not found insert the DOCTYPE with this xsl output -->
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" doctype-public="some_URI"
doctype-system ="path/dtdFile.dtd"/>
<!-- BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT XSL TO CHECK FOR DOCTYPE -->


<!-- This makes a copy of the RootElements-->
<xsl:template match="RootElement">
   <xsl:copy-of select="../*"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks

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