Re: Change xml:lang of a skos:prefLabel [ skos, rdf,

hi ken,

thank you very much, that's way more than i had expected!

i will work on your sample for refinement, but it even
now does nearly everything i want.

thanks!

wkr www.turnguard.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:38:55 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin /
Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna
Subject: Re:  Change xml:lang of a skos:prefLabel [ skos, rdf, xml:lang
]

At 2009-10-14 21:24 +0100, JCB<rgen Jakobitsch wrote:
>that the application i'm working on requires
>an xml:lang attribute for labels like skos:altLabel or skos:prefLabel.

You'll have to be more specific when adapting my example below.

>is there a way (for a complete xsl newbie) to add such an xml:lang
>attribute to labels that don't have one and leave the rest of
>the thesaurus as it is with xsl?

Yes, base a solution on the identity template, shown below.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken

t:\ftemp>type jurgen.xml
   <skos:Concept rdf:nodeID="R0386"
                 xmlns:skos="urn:X-skos" xmlns:rdf="urn:X-rdf">
     <skos:altLabel>Economic recession</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel>Depression, Economic</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:related rdf:nodeID="R0392" />
     <skos:related rdf:nodeID="R0174" />
     <skos:inScheme rdf:nodeID="apais" />
     <skos:related rdf:nodeID="R1419" />
     <skos:altLabel>Recession, Economic</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:prefLabel>Economic depression</skos:prefLabel>
     <skos:subjectIndicator
rdf:resource="http://www.nla.gov.au/apais/thesaurus/h
tml/R0386.html" />
   </skos:Concept>

t:\ftemp>xslt jurgen.xml jurgen.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?><skos:Concept xmlns:skos="urn:X-skos" xmln
s:rdf="urn:X-rdf" xml:lang="en" rdf:nodeID="R0386">
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Economic recession</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Depression, Economic</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:related xml:lang="en" rdf:nodeID="R0392"/>
     <skos:related xml:lang="en" rdf:nodeID="R0174"/>
     <skos:inScheme xml:lang="en" rdf:nodeID="apais"/>
     <skos:related xml:lang="en" rdf:nodeID="R1419"/>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Recession, Economic</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Economic depression</skos:prefLabel>
     <skos:subjectIndicator xml:lang="en"
rdf:resource="http://www.nla.gov.au/apa
is/thesaurus/html/R0386.html"/>
   </skos:Concept>
t:\ftemp>type jurgen.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                 version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="*[not(@xml:lang)]">
   <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:attribute name="xml:lang">en</xsl:attribute>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()"><!--identity for all other nodes-->
   <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

t:\ftemp>


--
Upcoming: hands-on code list, UBL, XSLT, XQuery and XSL-FO classes
in Copenhagen Denmark and Washington DC USA, October/November 2009
Interested in other classes?  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/i/
Crane Softwrights Ltd.          http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/
Training tools: Comprehensive interactive XSLT/XPath 1.0/2.0 video
Video lesson:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNjJCh7Ppg&fmt=18
Video overview:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiodiij6gE&fmt=18
G. Ken Holman                 mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc
Legal business disclaimers:  http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal