RE: xslt assistance please

Yes.  Go buy a copy of "XSLT Programmer's Reference" by Michael Kay.
ISBN 1-861003-12-9
$35.  Well worth it.  My copy is constantly open by my side.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Azariah Jeyakumar [mailto:azariah.jeyakumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:24 PM
> To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: xslt assistance please
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Would someone help me get started with XSLT? I need to 
> transform 1.xml to
> 2.xml.
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Azariah
> 
> 1.xml
> --------
> 
> <root>
> 
> <AccountBaseDescriptorType>
>   <element name="Name"       type="string"    minOccurs="0" />
>   <element name="Medium"     type="string"    minOccurs="0" />
>   <element name="Address"    type="string"    minOccurs="0" />
>   <element name="Id"         type="Integer64" minOccurs="0" />
>   <element name="remaining"  type="string"    minOccurs="0" />
> </AccountBaseDescriptorType>
> 
> <AccountCreatableDescriptorType base="AccountBaseDescriptorType" >
>   <mandatory>
>     <Name/>
>     <Address/>
>   </mandatory>
>   <prohibited>
>     <Id/>
>   </prohibited>
>   <defaults>
>     <Medium value="TW_MEDIUM_SMTP_HTTP"/>
>   </defaults>
> </AccountCreatableDescriptorType>
> 
> <AccountDescriptorType base="AccountBaseDescriptorType" >
>   <mandatory fields="ALL">
>   </mandatory>
> </AccountDescriptorType>
> 
> </root>
> 
> 2.xml
> --------
> <complexType name="AccountBaseDescriptorType">
>   <all>
>     <element name="Name"       type="string"    minOccurs=0 />
>     <element name="Medium"     type="string"    minOccurs=0 />
>     <element name="Address"    type="string"    minOccurs=0 />
>     <element name="Id"         type="Integer64" minOccurs=0 />
>     <element name="remaining"  type="string"    minOccurs=0 />
>   </all>
> </complexType>
> 
> <complexType name="AccountCreatableDescriptorType"
> base="AccountBaseDescriptorType"
>     derivedBy="restriction" >
>   <all>
>     <element name="Name"       type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="Medium"     type="string"    use="default"
>         value="TW_MEDIUM_SMTP_HTTP" />
>     <element name="Address"    type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="Id"         type="Integer64" minOccurs=0 
> maxOccurs=0 />
>     <element name="remaining"  type="string"    minOccurs=0 />
>   </all>
> </complexType>
> 
> <complexType name="AccountDescriptorType" 
> base="AccountBaseDescriptorType"
>   derivedBy="restriction" >
>   <all>
>     <element name="Name"       type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="Medium"     type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="Address"    type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="Id"         type="Integer64" minOccurs=1 />
>     <element name="remaining"  type="string"    minOccurs=1 />
>   </all>
> </complexType>
> 
> PS1: My goal is to generate 2.xml. So, it is OK to 
> restructure 1.xml to make
> the transformation easier-to-write.
> PS2: Performance is not a consideration for the transformation.
> PS3: The element names "Account...DescriptorType" should not 
> be hard-coded
> in the .xsl file.
> 
> 
> 
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