Please let me know where I am going wrong.
I started before, but it got too complicated, so I gave up. I don't normally
answer XSL-FO questions, but in fact your problem seems to have nothing to
do with XSL-FO, and it would be useful to simplify it by removing a lot of
the noise.
Sample XML:
<list>
<note><para>This is the first note.</para></note>
<note><para>This is the second note. </para></note>
<text><para>This is some text. </para></text>
</list>
My desired output is:
NOTE: This is the first note.
NOTE: This is the second note.
1. This is some text.
This seems to be simply achievable as:
<xsl:template match="list">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="note">
<xxx>NOTE:</xxx>
<yyy><xsl:apply-templates select="para"/></yyy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text">
<xxx><xsl:number/></xxx>
<yyy><xsl:apply-templates select="para"/></yyy>
</xsl:template>
With xxx and yyy replaced by suitable XSL-FO elements.
Now to comment on your code.
XSLT:
<xsl:template match="note">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="parent::list and
position()=1"> </xsl:when>
Every note in your input has a parent::list so I don't understand why you
are testing this.
The way a note is rendered doesn't depend on its position, so I don't
understand why you are testing this either.
<!-- This is the template for list-->
<xsl:template match="list">
<xsl:if test="child::note">
<xsl:apply-templates select="note" mode="list"/> </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
The xsl:if serves no useful purpose, because if the list has no note
children then the apply-templates will do nothing.
Why aren't you outputting the text child here, since your specimen output
indicates that you want it output?
<xsl:template match="note" mode="list">
Why have you got two different modes for processing a note?
<xsl:template match="note/para" mode="list">
I can't see when this is supposed to be invoked.
Can anyone help me resolve this issue? How can I tell the
processor that after the first position of "note" check if
there is another "note" element and if it is, then that
should also be displayed above the text element on the
output, following the first note element? So irrespective of
the number of "note" elements inside the <list> element, they
shoudl always be displayed above the <text> element as shown
in the desired output. Please give me any ideas and suggestions.
The above sounds like a very complicated way of saying "display all the
notes, then display the text". Where is the difficulty?
(I'm fully expecting you to come back with the usual follow-up that says
sorry, I oversimplified my example...)
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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