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What if I needed 8 weeks of Sundays... so from an XML source of 40 weeks worth of dates... I'd like to grab 8 of them. Is this something you would handle with keys? I have a working demo of the calendar I've put together thus far, its here: http://www.meetscoresonline.com/test/calendar.asp I'm using ASP to build the XML source dynamically... so basically, the stylesheet simply spits out all the results from the XML source. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendell Piez" <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:01 PM Subject: Re: A Calendar Project... > Karl-- > > This is an interesting project. Time is a notoriously difficult thing to > model, with many overlapping hierarchies (weeks and months, for example). > > How to write an HTML table display of a sequence of 'day' elements tagged > like this: > > <day weekday="Tue" val="2003-07-01"/> > <day weekday="Wed" val="2003-07-02"/> > <day weekday="Thu" val="2003-07-03"/> > <day weekday="Fri" val="2003-07-04"/> > <day weekday="Sat" val="2003-07-05"/> > <day weekday="Sun" val="2003-07-06"/> > <day weekday="Mon" val="2003-07-07"/> > <day weekday="Tue" val="2003-07-08"/> > <day weekday="Wed" val="2003-07-09"/> > <day weekday="Thu" val="2003-07-10"/> > <day weekday="Fri" val="2003-07-11"/> > ...etc. > > I would probably do by using a key-based grouping solution, keying each day > by its first most recent Sunday (the ones in front would "fall out" and be > returned with the empty string as key value), and not try to model a "week" > as a group. > > That way you get lots more flexibility: the "current calendar" could be as > extensive as you needed in any direction, without having to worry about > grouping by weeks. > > XSLT 2 gives grouping instructions that should make all of this much easier. > > Cheers, > Wendell > > At 02:34 AM 6/15/2003, you wrote: > >Hello, > >I'm embarking on a calendar project... from the ground up. So, I have the > >luxuray of putting it together any way I like : ) > >I'm trying to determine the best XML data structure to suit XSLT processing. > > > >Thinking in terms of the XSLT processor: > > 1) I need to be able to create standard 7 day week wide calendar by > >30/31 day month view > > 2) I need to be able to create a week view in a vertical and horizontal > >display format > > 3) As well an assortment of calendar views... > > > >With item # 1 above, the challenge is to create 7 TD's then a new TR... 7 > >TD's a new TR and so on... > >The challenge in general is the grouping of different calendar parts, and > >the discovery of first day of week, etc... > > > >Has anyone else done such a project? > >I will be building my XML data source from ASP, so I will script it on the > >fly in a suitable structure to be processed by XSLT. I guess my real > >question is: what would be a good XML structure for XSLT processing of a > >calendar? > > > >Here is a couple of ideas I had (very prelimary): > > > ><CAL D="2003-06-04"> > > <DATE D="2003-05-29" DOW="1" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-05-30" DOW="2" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-05-31" DOW="3" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-06-01" DOW="4" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-06-02" DOW="5" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-06-03" DOW="6" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-06-04" DOW="7" WK="100"/> > > <DATE D="2003-06-05" DOW="1" WK="101"/> > >.... > ></CAL> > > > >Where CAL/@D is the current date (not necessarily todays date but the > >selected date) > >Where CAL/DATE/@DOW is the day-of-week (sunday..monday..tuesday.. ..) > >Where CAL/DATE/@WK is the week of the year > > > >Here is another format: > ><CAL D="2003-06-04"> > > <WEEK W="100"> > > <DATE D="2003-05-29" DOW="1" /> > > <DATE D="2003-05-30" DOW="2" /> > > <DATE D="2003-05-31" DOW="3" /> > > <DATE D="2003-06-01" DOW="4" /> > > <DATE D="2003-06-02" DOW="5" /> > > <DATE D="2003-06-03" DOW="6" /> > > <DATE D="2003-06-04" DOW="7" /> > > </WEEK> > > <WEEK W="101"> > > <DATE D="2003-06-05" DOW="1"> > > ... > ></CAL> > > > > > >Again, the challeng (that I see) is grouping calendar dates into the > >different calendar views we are use to seeing. > >I've built a calendar before using ASP and recall the struggle I had of > >discovering first day of the month... what week day the first day of month > >fell on... I recall the "skipping" of non-current month dates, and so on... > > > >Any ideas would be appreciated! I'm working on this all day today. Oh, and > >if anyone is interested in collaboriting on this project, let me know. > > > >Karl > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ====================================================================== > > > 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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