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Kay Michael wrote: > > > From: James Clark [mailto:jjc@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > > The saxon:group element is a pretty interesting extension. My initial > > thought is why not make it an empty element that applies to its parent > > xsl:for-each or xsl:apply-templates element, like xsl:sort? That way > > you can have multiple grouping levels: there would be one level of > > xsl:item nesting per xsl:group element. > > > It started life as a group-by attribute on xsl:for-each when sorting was > controlled by a similar order-by attribute. I've always been able to get by > with one level of grouping but general nesting would be far better. > > I'm not sure an empty element feels right: there's a need to delineate the > processing that happens at each level of grouping, Isn't that what the saxon:item does? > something like: > > process node set X sorted by Y then Z > -- for each group with common Y do > -- <h2>Y</h2> > ---- for each group with common Z do > ---- <h3>Z</h3><ul> > ------- for each item do > ------- <li>stuff</li> > ------- end for > ---- </ul> > ---- end for > ---<hr/> > -- end for > end process Couldn't you think of it as? for each member of (node set X sorted by Y then Z, grouped by Y then by Z) -- <h2>Y</h2> ---- for each member of the current group do ---- <h3>Z</h3><ul> ------- for each member of the current group do ------- <li>stuff</li> ------- end for ---- </ul> ---- end for ---<hr/> -- end for end for James XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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