[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] designing the XSLT
> hi, > i have prepared the DTD and XML for my application. i am having some > problems deciding how to structure the XSL and i'm hoping someone will be > able to guide me. my design objective for the XSL doc is that it should > be a generic doc that i can apply to applications (in my case i'm trying > to design tech manuals using XML) that have the same make-up or XML/DTD > heirarchy. i guess to make things easy for the time being i could design > the XSL in such a way that it suits my prototype document but it would > obviously be more beneficial if i could design a generic XSL that would > cater to all the manuals that are are authored using XML. on similar > lines, i have designed a more-or-less "generic" DTD and XML. the basic > problem is that my DTD is rather loosely structured just so that it can be > applied to any similar XML document. e.g. i have the declaration: > > <!ELEMENT activity (schematic | outline | text_description | > visual_description | procedure | note | warning | caution)*> > > as you can see, any element can pretty much appear in any order and any > number of times. e.g. i could have <visual_description> before a > <procedure> or say before a <text_description> and i could have > multiple ocurrences of <visual_description>. the case is the same with > <note>, <warning>, <caution> etc. > > this is causing a problem to me when i try and design/conceptualize a > generic XSL because although the elements could be the same for all XML > docs, their order/inclusion could be different for each doc. how do i > overcome this problem? what functionality of XSL (e.g. commands) would be > best for designing such an XSL doc? > > i am really hoping someone will be able to help me with this. > > thanks a lot, > Dhruv > > Dhruv Raheja > Summer Intern (Documentation Center) > GE Transportation Systems > 2901 East Lake Road > Erie, PA 16531 > Ph : (814) 875 - 2529 (O) > (814) 824 - 2888 (R) > >
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|