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use docbook cheers, jim fuller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Müller-Hillebrand" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "XSL-List" <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:30 PM Subject: Creating a container? > Hello, > > I am fairly new to XSL but have a special task to do. I'd like to ask > all experts on the list for some starting advice, because currently I > am blind in which direction to go (in parallel I am reading Michael > Kay's book as well as some tutorials). > > I have some very low level XML documents, which can be seen as just a > sequence of elements with almost no hierarchy or container elements. > > <chaptertitle>ABC</chaptertitle> > <para>...</para> > <note>...</note> > <para><img src=... /></para> > <heading1>...</heading1> > <para>...</para> > <note>...</note> > <para>...</para> > <para>...</para> > ... > <chaptertitle>DEF</chaptertitle> > <para>...</para> > ... > > I know my life would be easier if I had container elements around > each chapter's content, because finally I want to write each chapter > into a separate file: > > <chapter title="ABC"> > <para>...</para> > ... > </chapter> > <chapter title="DEF"> > ... > > My question is about which way to go: > > * Trying to create a XSL stylesheet that operates on a sequence of > elements ("all elements after <chaptertitle> until the next") -- if > that is possible at all? > > Or > > * Trying to enhance the XML source with above mentioned container > elements (using which tool?) before applying a XSL stylesheet? > > Thanks you for any hints that help accelerate my learning [X?]path. > > - Michael > > -- > cap studio > Redaktion "Schallplattenmann" http://schallplattenmann.de > Gabelsbergerstr. 17 phone: +49-9131-28747 > 91052 Erlangen, GERMANY fax: +49-9131-28717 > ----------- computer assisted publishing ----------- > > 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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