Re: Structuring multiple HTML tables based on the valu

Sorry for the long subject line. I've been reading Dave Pawson's site
for a starting point on a particular project, but I'm not even sure
how to distill it into browse/search terms. None of the general
headings I've explored seem to quite describe it.

Here's what I'm trying to do. I'd like to structure my data as
multiple HTML tables based on the value of a child node.

For example, in the sample input file below, I'd like to generate
three HTML tables, one for each <color> value. The tables would
include two columns: Name and Shape. The table rows display the name
and shape data for each color. The <table> element would include an id
attribute that contains the <color> value.

<signs>
  <sign>
     <name>stop</name>
     <shape>hexagon</shape>
     <color>red</color>
  </sign>
  <sign>
      <name>yield</name>
     <shape>triangle</shape>
      <color>yellow</color>
   </sign>
  <sign>
      <name>steep incline</name>
     <shape>diamond</shape>
      <color>yellow</color>
   </sign>
  <sign>
      <name>slippery when wet</name>
     <shape>diamond</shape>
      <color>yellow</color>
   </sign>
  <sign>
      <name>city name</name>
     <shape>rectangle</shape>
      <color>green</color>
   </sign>
</signs>

If I use <for-each>, I end up with a table for every <sign> element.
How could someone create a single table for each <color> value?

   <xsl:template match="\">
     <xsl:for-each select="signs/sign/color">
     <xsl:sort select="."/>
       <table frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
           <xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute>
            <tr>
                <th>Name</entry>
                <th>Shape</entry>
            </tr>
            <xsl:for-each select="../name">
                 <xsl:sort select="."/>
                     <tr>
                         <td>
                            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                         </td>
                         <td>
                            <xsl:value-of select="shape"/>
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                 </xsl:for-each>
           </table>
       </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>

Thanks for any suggestions. I appreciate all of the help the kind
people on this list have provided over the past year. I've learned a
lot from reading the posts and exploring on my own.

Regards,
Mark