Barbara, this is exactly what XSL templates are designed to do.

Write a template for each kind of element you might encounter. Within the
template, call xsl:apply-templates to process the children of that element:
each
one will be processed with the appropriate template. If there are cases
where the
processing of a particular element type depends on context, you can test the

context either in an xsl:if statement within the template, or in the match
attribute
of the xsl:template element itself.

Mike Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: barbara.brosch@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:barbara.brosch@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 June 1999 14:12
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: How can i parse a xml-file with xsl recursivley?
> 
> 
> How can i parse a XML-file with XSL recursivley?
> 
> Hi, i'am a xsl - beginner and need your help.
> I have to parse a XML-file via XSL to generate HTML.
> FYI: I work with XT.
> 
> Now my problem:
> My XML is based on a very generic DTD. So my XML may
> be very nested (folder in folder an so on). So i have to grep
> my XML step by step and have to show: what tag comes next?
> Each tag has its own html-style and some tags include references
> on tags listed below.
> 
> FYI: The html, that i have to produce, have to work in Netscape 3.0.
> 
> What can i do? Is there only the option to take <xsl:for-each> with
> many <xsl:if> statements?
> 
> Please help. Thanks.
> B.
> 
> 
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