RE: Selecting Bits, Dumping the Rest

John Gardner asked

>  -----------What is the basic principle I'm missing here?  Usually it's
>  that I _can't_ get the other stuff to come through b/c I'm screwing up
>  with apply-templates.  Now I got it backwards!  Note, I do have a
> successful establishment of the foa element based on the variables set up.
> 
> 
> 
Try this.  It achieves the output you specified.  I don't follow the request
in your last paragraph

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

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="marc/record" >
<xsl:element name="{control-field[@tag='001']}">
<xsl:value-of select="text()" />


<xsl:for-each select="data-field [@tag='773']/subfield[@code='x']">
<issn_x>
<xsl:apply-templates select="text()" />
</issn_x>
</xsl:for-each>

<!-- this part distinguishes the first page of the article as an
"foa"element -->

<xsl:for-each select="data-field[@tag='773']/subfield[@code='g']">

<citation_g>
<xsl:apply-templates select="text()" />
<xsl:variable name="ispartof" select="normalize-space(.)"/>
<xsl:variable name="numseqs" select="substring-after($ispartof,'p. ')"/>
<xsl:variable name="start" 
select="number(substring-before($numseqs,'-'))"/>

<foa>
<xsl:value-of select="$start" />
</foa>

</citation_g>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Michael

Michael Fox
Acting Assistant Director for Library and Archives
Minnesota Historical Society
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St. Paul MN 55102-1906
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