Hello All,
Here is an example of my input:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<reference>
<refbody>
<section>
<title>Show Author ID</title>
<p id="Field_ShowAuthorID">Show Author ID</p>
<p id="Desc_ShowAuthorID">Setting that indicates if the ID...</p>
<p id="AppTo_ShowAuthorID">Review Definitions</p>
<p id="Hdr_ShowAuthorID">Author Settings</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Author Job Title</title>
<p id="Field_ShowAuthorJobTitle">Author Job Title</p>
<p id="Desc_ShowAuthorJobTitle">Setting that indicates if the job
title...</p>
<p id="AppTo_ShowAuthorJobTitle">Review Definitions, Section Item</p>
<p id="Hdr_ShowAuthorJobTitle">Author Settings</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Author Description</title>
<p id="Field_AuthorDescription">Author Description</p>
<p id="Desc_AuthorDescription">Description of the performance review
defined...</p>
<p id="AppTo_AuthorDescription">Review Definitions, Section Item</p>
<p id="Hdr_AuthorDescription">Author Settings</p>
</section>
</refbody>
</reference>
My stylesheet successfully sorts by <title> and outputs a simple glossary
like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<definitions>
<dlentry>
<dt>Author Description</dt>
<dd>Description of the performance review defined...</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>Author Job Title</dt>
<dd>Setting that indicates if the job title...</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>Show Author ID</dt>
<dd>Setting that indicates if the ID...</dd>
</dlentry>
</definitions>
I need to go one step further and group the <dlentry> elements by the first
character (case-insensitive) of the <dt> element, which is originally the
first <p> element in the source document. So, the desired output would be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<definitions>
<dl title="A">
<dlentry>
<dt>Author Description</dt>
<dd>Description of the performance review defined...</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>Author Job Title</dt>
<dd>Setting that indicates if the job title...</dd>
</dlentry>
</dl>
<dl title="S">
<dlentry>
<dt>Show Author ID</dt>
<dd>Setting that indicates if the ID...</dd>
</dlentry>
</dl>
</definitions>
Here is my working stylesheet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:output method="xml" />
<xsl:template match="reference">
<definitions>
<xsl:apply-templates select="refbody" />
</definitions>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="refbody">
<xsl:apply-templates select="section">
<xsl:sort select="title" />
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="section">
<dlentry>
<xsl:apply-templates select="p" />
</dlentry>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p[position()=1]">
<dt>
<xsl:copy-of select="text()|*" />
</dt>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p[position()=2]">
<dd>
<xsl:copy-of select="text()|*" />
</dd>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
I think I have to add a predicate to this line to find out when a <p> has a
different first character than the previous one did:
<xsl:template match="p[position()=1]">
but I am having trouble figuring out what I need. Any help or pointers would
be appreciated. Thank you very much.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
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