Re: Finding wanted nodes in complex document

Thanks. For the record this is how I accomplished it:

<xsl:template match="bookmarks">
        <bookmarks>
            
	    	<xsl:apply-templates select="DL/DL/DT"/>
                
           
        </bookmarks>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="DL/DL/DT">
        <category>
	 <xsl:apply-templates select="H3"/>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::DL[1]/DT"/>
          
        </category>
    </xsl:template>
        <xsl:template match="DL/DL/DL/DT">
        <subcat>
	
            <xsl:apply-templates select="H3"/>
           
        </subcat>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="H3">
        <xsl:attribute name="name">
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </xsl:attribute>
	
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="DT">
    	<subcat>
		<xsl:attribute name="name">
			<xsl:value-of select="H3"/>		
		</xsl:attribute>
	</subcat>
    </xsl:template>

On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 15:31, Joerg Heinicke wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
> 
> for such tasks it's better to use <xsl:template/> instead of 
> <xsl:for-each/>. With templates it's easier to walk down the tree to 
> different levels:
> 
> <xsl:template match="bookmarks">
>    <bookmarks>
>      <category>
>        <xsl:apply-templates select="DT/H3"/>
>        <xsl:apply-templates select="DL[DT/H3]"/>
>      </category>
>    </bookmarks>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="DL">
>    <subcat level="{count(ancestor::DL)}">
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="DT/H3"/>
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="DL[DT/H3]"/>
>    </subcat>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="H3">
>    <xsl:attribute name="name">
>      <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>    </xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> I don't think that you get the expected output, but it should give you 
> an idea how templates work.
> 
> I explained your error below ...
> 
> Geoff wrote:
> > I have a big,complicate, messy xml document (originally a Mozilla
> > bookmark file that I made into well-formed xml) that I wish to transform
> > into a lean, mean and clean xml document and I am having some trouble.
> > 
> > 
> > Here is part of the document:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <bookmarks>
> >     <DT>
> >         <H3 ADD_DATE="1032875519" ID="NC:BookmarksRoot#$f68320c5"
> >             LAST_MODIFIED="1033072101">Consumer Guides</H3>
> >     </DT>
> >     <DL>
> >         <p/>
> >         <DT>
> >             <H3 ADD_DATE="1032876491"
> > ID="NC:BookmarksRoot#$f68320c6">Alabama</H3>
> >         </DT>
> >         <DL>
> >             <p/>
> >         </DL>
> >         <p/>
> >         <DT>
> >             <H3 ADD_DATE="1032876720" ID="NC:BookmarksRoot#$f68320dc"
> > LAST_MODIFIED="1033071828">Minnesota</H3>
> >         </DT>
> >         <DL>
> 
> What you are doing wrong? From your category <H3/> elements you always 
> go up to the <DL> element above (first part '../../' of the XPath in 
> <xsl:value-of/>). Now with the rest of the XPath you go down the tree to 
> the first DL/DT/H3. And this is always the <H3>Mediation</H3> element.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joerg
> 
> >             <p/>
> >             <DT>
> >                 <H3 ADD_DATE="1033068848" ID="NC:BookmarksRoot#$c0ebfb0"
> >                     LAST_MODIFIED="1033077022">Alternative Dispute
> > Resolution</H3>
> >             </DT>
> >             <DL>
> >                 <p/>
> >                 <DT>
> >                     <H3 ADD_DATE="1032902327"
> > ID="NC:BookmarksRoot#$f6832141"
> > LAST_MODIFIED="1033077446">Mediation</H3>
> >                 </DT>
> >                 <DL>
> >                     <p/>
> >                     <DT>
> >                         <A ADD_DATE="1033077149"
> >                            
> > HREF="http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/courts/ConcCt/ccmediation.htm"
> >                             LAST_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
> > LAST_MODIFIED="1033077270">Mediation in
> >                             Conciliation Court [From the Hennepin County
> > District Court]</A>
> >                     </DT>
> >                 </DL>
> >                 <p/>
> >                 <DT>
> >                     <A ADD_DATE="1033076751"
> > HREF="http://www.courts.state.mn.us/adr/adr_info.htm"
> >                         LAST_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
> > LAST_MODIFIED="1033076778">Minnesota Alternative
> >                         Dispute Resolution [From the Judicial
> > System]</A>
> >                 </DT>
> >                 <DT>
> >                     <A ADD_DATE="1033076913"
> >                        
> > HREF="http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/courts/Arbitration/arbmain.htm"
> >                         LAST_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
> > LAST_MODIFIED="1033076983"
> >                         LAST_VISIT="1033077513">What You Need to Know
> > About Arbitration [From the
> >                         Hennepin County District Court]</A>
> >                 </DT>
> >             </DL>
> 
> <shortened/>
> 
> > OK I told you it was messy.
> > So first I want to get all the "categories" which I do like this:
> > 
> > <xsl:for-each select="bookmarks/DL/DL/DT/H3">
> > 	<category>
> > 		<xsl:attribute name="name">
> > 			<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > 		</xsl:attribute>		
> > 	</category>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> > This gives me a nice clean document like this:
> >   <category name="Alternative Dispute Resolution"/>
> >   <category name="Bankruptcy"/>
> >   <category name="Business Law"/>
> >   <category name="Charities"/>
> >   <category name="Civil Rights Law"/>
> >   <category name="Courts"/>
> >   <category name="Consumer Law"/>
> >   <category name="Contracts"/>
> > etc....
> > Now I want to get the "subcategories" related to the "categories" which
> > are at "bookmarks/DL/DL/DL/DT/H3" or "../../DL/DT/H3" when compared to
> > the "category" node.
> > 
> > So what I want is something like this:
> > <category name="Alternative Dispute Resolution">
> > 	<subcat name="Mediation"/>
> > </category>
> > <category name="Bankruptcy"/>
> > <category name="Business Law">
> > 	<subcat name="Corporations"/>
> > </category>
> > 
> > I am attempting to do this like this:
> > <xsl:for-each select="bookmarks/DL/DL/DT/H3">
> > 	<category>
> > 		<xsl:attribute name="name">
> > 			<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > 		</xsl:attribute>
> > 				
> > 		<subcat>
> > 			<xsl:attribute name="name">
> > 				<xsl:value-of select="../../DL/DT/H3"/>
> > 			</xsl:attribute>
> > 		</subcat> 
> > 			
> > 	</category>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> > But this produces this:
> > <category name="Alternative Dispute Resolution">
> >     <subcat name="Mediation"/>
> > </category>
> > <category name="Bankruptcy">
> >     <subcat name="Mediation"/>
> > </category>
> > <category name="Business Law">
> >     <subcat name="Mediation"/>
> > </category>
> > <category name="Charities">
> >     <subcat name="Mediation"/>
> > </category>
> > 




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