Applying an XSLT-file to specific nodes within an XML

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Subject: Applying an XSLT-file to specific nodes within an XML file
From: Mark Aussems <mark.aussems@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:22:08 +0100

Hi all,

Hopefully someone can assist me in solving a (probably rather basic) problem related to restricting the execution of an XSLT file to a specific part of an XML file.

My XML file looks like this (very simplified):

<mss>
      <msDesc>
              <msItem>
                      <title>AAAA</title>
              </msItem>
      </msDesc>
      <msDesc>
              <msItem>
                      <title>BBBB</title>
              </msItem>
      </msDesc>
      <msDesc>
              <msItem>
                      <title>CCCC</title>
              </msItem>
      </msDesc>
</mss>

I have written an XSLT file which transforms my entire XML into a nice HTML file. I would now like to restrict the XSLT file so that it ONLY transforms the <msDesc> nodes which have a <title> tag with the value 'AAAA'. So, in simpler terms, I would like to say to my XSL file:

1. Find all <msDesc> nodes which have a <title> tag with the value 'AAAA'. 2. Apply the following <xsl:template> transformations, but only to the <msDesc> nodes specified above. 3. [And then all my <xsl:template> transformations]

A possible solution to this would be to write a simple XQuery script to extract the relevant <msDesc> nodes and put them in a separate XML file, which can then be transformed. That requires a lot of manual labour (especially since my titles go from AAAA to PPPP...), so I was wondering whether there is a work-around or short-cut within XSL?

I hope this makes sense. I'm sure there's something obvious I'm missing...

Many thanks in advance,
Mark

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Applying an XSLT-file to specific nodes within an XML file Mark Aussems - 16 Jul 2009 20:22:52 -0000 <= Brandon Ibach - 16 Jul 2009 20:53:41 -0000 Wendell Piez - 16 Jul 2009 21:29:21 -0000

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