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> I am using <xsl:result-document> in my stylesheet (processing > with Saxon 8.7). I'd like to output back to my original > output document from within the <xsl:result-document>. Does > anyone know of any way to do this? You can't (any more than you can write attributes to a parent element while writing a descendant. The output model is strictly hierarchic - it can be helpful to think of the secondary documents as being extensions of the main output tree, that just happen to be serialized to a different file. You have to follow the same principle as with a single output file - structure the processing logic according to the hierarchic structure of the output to be produced. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ Right now, I'm assuming > I'll just have to do post processing with a second > stylesheet, but I thought I'd post to see if anyone has any > good ideas. > > My stylesheet is converting a single monolithic XML file to a > DITA map file and also chunking out the content into separate > DITA topic files (using <xsl:result-document>). This is a > fine approach, but it doesn't handle nested sections in my > monolithic XML file. When I get to a nested section (when I'm > inside the <xsl:result-document>), I need to create another > topic (new result document), but I also need to add a nested > <topicref> to the DITA map file (original output document). I > was trying to do this in a single XSL (creating the map file > and doing the chunking), but now I think I need to fall back > to two separate stylesheets; one to create the map and one to > do the topic chunking. > > Can anyone answer my first question or have any other suggestions? > > Thanks for any and all responses, > > Jeff Rosler
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