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 Yes ... it's not easy to guess what sort of output is required in the general case where verses can start and end anywhere. With input like this: <p> Blah blah blah <verse value="1"/> wibble wibble wibble </p> <list> <item>First</item> <item>Second</item> <verseEnd value="1"/> <item>Third</item> </list> You might want to output: <p> wibble wibble wibble </p> <list> <item>First</item> <item>Second</item> </list> I've written a stylesheet that does something rather similar, but it's too large to fit into this little email. ;-) My stylesheet basically "promotes" certain elements (such as verse and verseEnd in this case), and splits any container elements as necessary. It would produce: <p> Blah blah blah </p> <verse value="1"/> <p> wibble wibble wibble </p> <list> <item>First</item> <item>Second</item> </list> <verseEnd value="1"/> <list> <item>Third</item> </list> Seriously though, if anyone is interested, I'll dig it out. Con > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Wendell Piez > Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2002 11:45 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [XSL] extracting a verse > > > Jim, > > This problem is a classic. > > The answer is, in the general case, "no, not (reasonably) > possible with > XSLT". The general case presumes that the <verse> and corresponding > <verseEnd> could go anywhere. > > (A general solution, if it were clean and simple, would no > doubt earn its > innovator high honors in the lists and considerable fame, at > least in this > little world.) > > If you can articulate some constraints on <verse> and > <verseEnd>, such as > where they may appear and (hence) which element boundaries > they may overlap > ... it may be more thinkable. Though even then, not pretty. > > Much sooner, I'd use a stream-based process such as a SAX > filter, to turn > it into the verse-centric model first. > > But this kind of thing is why some of us are interested in an > experiment we > are calling LMNL. See LMNL.org for more info (though it won't > give you your > solution tomorrow either). > > Cheers, > Wendell > > At 04:42 PM 12/17/2002, you wrote: > > > <text> > > <div> > > <chapter id="BCV-GEN-1" to="BCV-GEN-1-END" value="1"/> > > <head>The Story of#Creation</head> > > <p> > > <verse id="BCV-GEN-1.1" to="BCV-GEN-1.1-END" > value="1"/>In the > >beginning, when God created the universe, > > <verseEnd id="BCV-GEN-1.1-END" from="BCV-GEN-1.1"/> > > <verse id="BCV-GEN-1.2" to="BCV-GEN-1.2-END" > value="2"/>the > >earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that > covered everything > >was engulfed in total darkness, and the ...... </p> > > > >Starting with this piece of Scripture I would like to > extract just the > >contents of verse 1. I have the start of the verse and verseEnd > >identified. Is there an easy way of doing the extraction? I > know I can > >change it all to a verse centric model and do the extraction > but in this > >paragraph centric model is it possible? > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ====================================================================== > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list 
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