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Yet another use of XSLT? 


This from xml-dev.
I thought it might trigger some 
interest on xsl-list.
Regards DaveP




 >Justin Lipton asked about generating a simple, repetitive DTD structure 
 >automagically (see his post at the end). 
 > 
 >Simple - stick with xml and use an xslt stylesheet!. It's about as easy as 
 >programming it, possibly easier. Of course, you do have to create the xml 
 >file... 
 > 
 >Here's the input xml file: 
 > 
 ><things> 
 > <thing>Mammal</thing> 
 > <thing>Fish</thing> 
 > <thing>Bird</thing> 
 ></things> 
 > 
 >Here's the stylesheet (the mailer will break the lines at awkward places so 
 >I am also attaching it): 
 > 
 ><?xml version="1.0"?> 
 > 
 ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
 >xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> 
 ><xsl:output method='text' disable-output-escaping='yes'/> 
 > <xsl:template match="/things"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template> 
 > 
 > <xsl:template match='thing'> 
 ><xsl:variable name='name' select='text()'/> 
 >&lt;!ELEMENT <xsl:value-of select='$name'/> (<xsl:value-of 
 >select='$name'/>Name, <xsl:value-of select='$name'/>Type)&gt; 
 >&lt;!ATTLIST <xsl:value-of select='$name'/>Name (latin|common) "common"&gt; 
 >&lt;!ELEMENT <xsl:value-of select='$name'/>Type (#PCDATA)&gt; 
 > </xsl:template> 
 > 
 ></xsl:stylesheet> 
 > 
 >Here's the output, just what you asked for: 
 > 
 >D:>xt things.xml things.xsl 
 > 
 > 
 ><!ELEMENT Mammal (MammalName, MammalType)> 
 ><!ATTLIST MammalName (latin|common) "common"> 
 ><!ELEMENT MammalType (#PCDATA)> 
 > 
 > 
 ><!ELEMENT Fish (FishName, FishType)> 
 ><!ATTLIST FishName (latin|common) "common"> 
 ><!ELEMENT FishType (#PCDATA)> 
 > 
 > 
 ><!ELEMENT Bird (BirdName, BirdType)> 
 ><!ATTLIST BirdName (latin|common) "common"> 
 ><!ELEMENT BirdType (#PCDATA)> 
 > 
 >Cheers, 
 > 
 >Tom Passin


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