1) how can I find out about the current node's type defined in the
data document's xsd schema?
This is very much the stuff of schema-aware XSLT 2.0, which allows you to do
things like
<xsl:if test=". instance of schema-element(my:invoice)">
or
<xsl:template match="element(*, my:invoice-type)">
Give it a try by downloading an evaluation copy of Saxon-SA at
www.saxonica.com.
2) how can I give a node a unique id, that I can somehow reuse to
programmatically alter it's value (some serialization of the absolute
xPath using something else than the "/" and "[ ]" characters, like
"ID#animal-1#chicken-3#egg-5" for /animal[1]/chicken[3]/egg[5])?
generate-id() doesn't do this...
XSLT doesn't allow you to alter the value of a node... There's an extension
function to get a path to a node in Saxon, and there are "pure XSLT"
solutions in the FAQ (somewhere!).
Michael Kay
and there is a third! Am I reinventing the wheel for the nth time
here? I tried to google something up, but to no avail...
cheers and thanks for all the help from this great list!
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Jan Limpens
http://www.limpens.com
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