Combining two files

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Subject: Combining two files
From: "Mark" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:31:03 -0800

I actually wrote this several years ago when I was just learning XSLT. Since it worked, I moved on to tougher problems. I am embarrassed to ask, but what is it I donbt understand? I could not get these two files combined without doubling one of them until I used bdummy.xmlb (an empty xml file) in the bat file command line:

java -jar c:\Users\HP\saxon\saxon9.jar dummy.xml xslt\40Combine.xsl > work\40Combined.xml

My style sheet 40Combine.xsl consists of a single template:

<xsl:template match="/*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="* | document('../work/22Authors.xml')/*/*" copy-namespaces="no"/> <xsl:copy-of select="* | document('../work/35Subjects.xml')/*/*" copy-namespaces="no"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template>

22Authors.xml contains: <List> <Item> <Heading entry="author"> Tabor, South Dakota. Chamber of Commerce </Heading> <Article> <Title>Czech days stamp cancellation</Title> <IssueName>May/Jun</IssueName> <Year>2007</Year> <Page>22</Page> <IssueNumber>3</IssueNumber> </Article> <Article> <Title>Czech days stamp cancellation</Title> <IssueName>May/Jun</IssueName> <Year>2008</Year> <Page>2</Page> <IssueNumber>3</IssueNumber> <Comment> <Article> <Person>Dennis Povondra</Person> <Title>Philatelic news and views</Title> <IssueName>May/Jun</IssueName> <IssueNumber>3</IssueNumber> <Year>2008</Year> <Page>27</Page> </Article> </Comment> </Article> </Item> <!bmany more items b> </List

35Subjects.xml contains a similar set of items: <List> <Item> <Heading id="A1" entry="subject"> TC!bor, Bohemia</Heading> <Level1> <SubDiv1 id="A1-2" catalog="1" scott-number="716" pofis-number="849">1955</SubDiv1> <Article> <Person>Bulletin of the Ministry of Posts</Person> <Title>New issues [Title varies or absent]</Title> <IssueName>Nov</IssueName> <IssueNumber>9</IssueNumber> <Year>1955</Year> <Page>134</Page> </Article> </Level1> </Item> <!bmany more items b> </List>

Thanks, Mark

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Combining two files Mark - 12 Dec 2010 00:31:11 -0000 <= Michael Kay - 12 Dec 2010 00:42:54 -0000 Mark - 12 Dec 2010 02:44:26 -0000 Martin Honnen - 12 Dec 2010 15:12:26 -0000 Mark - 12 Dec 2010 17:27:08 -0000

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