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Subject: Re: A problem with concat()
From: Brandon Ibach <brandon.ibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:18:11 -0400
Re:  A problem with concat()
I notice you have a test of "not(@attribute)" in your code.  Should
this be "not(@authority)", instead?

-Brandon :)


On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Bridger Dyson-Smith
<bdysonsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Thanks for reading. I'm sure I'm making an error, but I'm not able to
> determine where I'm going awry.
>
> I want to use concat() to pull together three elements, separating the
> values with a comma. I've done this, but it turns out that I need to
> test the elements. When I perform the tests I'm able to concat() the
> values (when appropriate), but I'm not getting any commas between my
> values. I put up examples on pastebin: the XML is at
> http://pastebin.com/tGbJMpGG and the XSLT is at
> http://pastebin.com/DY4ELbh3, lines 11-18 and 25-58 respectively. The
> examples below are shortened versions of the examples on Pastebin -
> line numbers will be slightly different.
>
> Thanks for your time and suggestions.
> Cheers,
> Bridger
>
> PS here is an abbreviated example of the XML and the XSLT:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"  ?>
> <mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
>  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
>  xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
>  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3
>  http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd" ID="MODS"
version="3.2">
>   <mods:titleInfo>
>     <mods:title>Chimney and Indian Gap Hotel</mods:title>
>   </mods:titleInfo>
>   <mods:name  type="personal" authority="LCNAF">
>     <mods:namePart type="family">Thompson</mods:namePart>
>     <mods:namePart type="given">James Edward</mods:namePart>
>     <mods:namePart type="date">1880-1976</mods:namePart>
>     <mods:role>
>       <mods:roleTerm authority="marcrelator">Photographer</mods:roleTerm>
>     </mods:role>
>   </mods:name>
> </mods:mods>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="2.0"
>     xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
>     xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3
>     http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd"
>     xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/"
>     xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
>
>     <xsl:output method="xml" media-type="text/xml" indent="yes" />
>     <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
>     <xsl:template match="mods:mods">
>         <oai_dc
>             xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/
> http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </oai_dc>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="mods:titleInfo">
>         <dc:title>
>             <xsl:value-of select="./mods:title"/>
>         </dc:title>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="mods:name">
>         <xsl:choose>
>             <xsl:when test="./mods:role/mods:roleTerm">
>                 <dc:creator>
>                     <!--<xsl:value-of
> select="concat(./mods:namePart[@type='family'], ', ',
> ./mods:namePart[@type='given'], ', ',
> ./mods:namePart[@type='date'])"/>-->
>                     <xsl:choose>
>                         <xsl:when test="not(@attribute)">
>                             <xsl:value-of select="mods:namePart"/>
>                         </xsl:when>
>                         <xsl:otherwise>
>                             <xsl:choose>
>                                 <xsl:when test=".[@type='corporate']">
>                                     <xsl:value-of select="mods:namePart"/>
>                                 </xsl:when>
>                                 <xsl:when test=".[@type='personal']">
>                                     <xsl:if test="count(mods:namePart) =
1">
>                                         <xsl:value-of
select="mods:namePart"/>
>                                     </xsl:if>
>                                     <xsl:if test="count(mods:namePart) >
2">
>                                         <xsl:value-of
> select="concat(./mods:namePart[@type='family'], ', ',
> ./mods:namePart[@type='given'], ', ',
> ./mods:namePart[@type='date'])"/>
>                                     </xsl:if>
>                                 </xsl:when>
>                             </xsl:choose>
>                         </xsl:otherwise>
>                     </xsl:choose>
>                 </dc:creator>
>             </xsl:when>
>             <xsl:otherwise>
>                 <dc:contributor>
>                     <xsl:value-of select="./mods:namePart[@type='*']"/>
>                 </dc:contributor>
>             </xsl:otherwise>
>         </xsl:choose>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>

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