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[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Importing multiple XML files into one XML file
 I want to use XML as a template for an application data source. Now the problem I have come across is the increasing size of the XML files and I was wondering whether there is an elegant way in which I can organise my files. Use the physical entity structure available for XML documents and external parsed general entities. For instance if I have a an XML file such as "employees.xml": That would be the external parsed general entity. and then (I dont know how...) call this file from the main file: "employees.xml" file. That would be the general entity reference. Is there a way I could achieve this? An example is below; I hope this helps. .................... Ken p.s. I use this extensively in my prose writing of my books and training material because it allows me to maintain modules, lessons and frames in separate XML fragments, referenced through a tree of entity references, as separate objects in my source code control system ... I don't have to check out an entire module just to change a single paragraph. p.p.s. do not be lured into using external parsed general entities for information sharing ... only for the fragmentation of a single large instance into portions ... use the document() function in XSLT for information sharing as the general entity approach is far too fragile to use in a production environment T:\ftemp>type employees.xml <!DOCTYPE EMPLOYEES [ <!ENTITY emp-stuff SYSTEM "employee.xml"> ]> <EMPLOYEES> <OFFICE name="Town Hall"> &emp-stuff; </OFFICE> </EMPLOYEES> T:\ftemp>type employee.xml <EMPLOYEE> <NAME>Jo Blogs</NAME> <DOB>1-12-1980</DOB> </EMPLOYEE> T:\ftemp>type chisanga.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0"><xsl:template match="@*|node()"><!--identity for all other nodes-->
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet> T:\ftemp>saxon employees.xml chisanga.xsl <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><EMPLOYEES> <OFFICE name="Town Hall"> <EMPLOYEE> <NAME>Jo Blogs</NAME> <DOB>1-12-1980</DOB> </EMPLOYEE> </OFFICE> </EMPLOYEES> T:\ftemp> -- Public courses: Spring 2004 world tour of hands-on XSL instruction Each week: Monday-Wednesday: XSLT/XPath; Thursday-Friday: XSL-FO Hong Kong May 17-21; Bremen Germany May 24-28; Helsinki June 14-18 World-wide on-site corporate, govt. & user group XML/XSL training. G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) Male Breast Cancer Awareness http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc 
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