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Working XSLT for the file evelina.xml
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epistolary.xsl
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xpath-default-namespace="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<xsl:template match="TEI">
<html>
<head>
<title>Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World</title>
<style type="text/css">
body{
font:13px georgia;
line-height:170%;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 20%;
margin-right: 20%;
}
l {
font: 15px; arial; <!-- the xslt doesn't seem to be putting <l>s around the <l>s! -->
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="teiHeader"/>
<!-- keeps teiHeader from displaying -->
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='titlepage']">
<center>
<h1>
<i>
<xsl:value-of select="head"/>
</i>
</h1>
<h2> By <xsl:value-of select="byline"/>
</h2>
<h3>
<p>
<xsl:value-of select="dateline"/>
</p>
</h3>
</center>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="l">
<!-- displays all <l>s -->
<l><xsl:apply-templates/>
</l>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='inscription']">
<h2> Inscription, <xsl:value-of select="salute"/>
</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="l">
<!-- displays all <l>s -->
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='preface']" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<h2>
<xsl:value-of select="head"/>
</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='dedication']">
<h2> Dedication, to <xsl:value-of select="salute"/>
</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='letter']">
<h3>
<xsl:value-of select="opener"/>
</h3>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='letter']">
<h2>
<xsl:value-of select="head"/>
</h2>
<h3>
<xsl:value-of select="opener"/>
</h3>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div/floatingText" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<blockquote>
<h2>
<xsl:value-of select="head"/>
</h2>
<h3>
<xsl:value-of select="opener"/>
</h3>
</blockquote>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//div[@type='enclosedLetter']"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<blockquote>
<h2>
<xsl:value-of select="head"/>
</h2>
<h3>
<xsl:value-of select="opener"/>
</h3>
</blockquote>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
@patrickmj
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hmm....missing some info, probably because of missing backticks ( ` ) in the comment

Without backticks:

s

With backticks around the element:

<p>s

The markdown code:


Without backticks:

<p>s

With backticks around the element:

`<p>`s

@tonyahowe
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Hah! What I meant to say was...

  • the <l>s don't actually, in the source, have <l>s around them, apparently. Why?
  • each block of text repeats its <opener> <head> or <salute>. Why?

@greystate
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Couple of points:

  • Using apply-templates is actually how XSLT works :-)
  • You don't need to write match="//div" - match="div" works just the same (and looks better :-)
  • The <l>s don't get copied because your template instructs the processor to "continue" (apply-templates)
  • The repeated opener, head etc. are due to them being output explicitly by the template first, then by the apply-templates at the end of the template - you could modify the template(s) (mind you, I don't know how your XML looks) to something like this:
<xsl:template match="div/floatingText | div[@type = 'enclosedLetter']">
    <blockquote>
        <h2>
            <xsl:value-of select="head"/>
        </h2>
        <h3>
            <xsl:value-of select="opener"/>
        </h3>
    </blockquote>

    <!-- Process remaining children -->
    <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::head or self::opener)]" />

</xsl:template>

Note that you can match more than one type if the output is the same.

  • It's worth noting as well, that everytime you just want the element copied to the output (e.g. <p> or <l>) you can have a generic copy template do that, so you don't have to explicitly create it - just make sure to remove the existing p and l templates if you use this, e.g.:
<!-- Identity transform -->
<xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
        <xsl:apply-templates select="* | text()" />
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Hope that helps a bit...
/Chriztian

@tonyahowe
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Whoa, thanks Chriztian! Just learning, so this is a big, big help. :)

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