On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Jonathan Asbell wrote:

> thanks John.  Where can I find out about how to create expressions besides
> the w3c site?

My two most reliable places are Ken Holman's tome via:

http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com

and E. R. Harold's XML Bible, also updates viz. XSLT at:

http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/updates/

Harold's has a greater plethora of actual examples, Holman's has the only
comprehensive coverage of the whole spec.

jr
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Robert Gardner [mailto:jrgardn@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 3:24 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: Do you know how to refer to a node?
> 
> 
> Perhaps a bit more of your sourcecode would help (but I'm know to err on
> the ample side here, so others may be able to do without), as what you've
> provided is not really enough to work with.  FOr starters, look at the
> position pattern expression:
> 
> select="CUSTOMER[position()=1]" 
> 
> indicates first child element node named customer, (cf. Holman, p. 70,
> http://CraneSoftwrights.com)-- I don't think it's zero-based counting here
> . . . otherwise this would be teh second child element.
> 
> But this is without knowing more of your source, unless--again--I'm
> missing something 
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=
> John Robert Gardner
> ATLA-CERTR
> Emory University
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> http://vedavid.org/diss/
> "If there is something you're thinking of doing, or wish you could do,
> begin it.  In boldness there is mystery and power . . . . "  -Goethe
> 
> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Jonathan Asbell wrote:
> 
> > I need to refer to 
> > node(0)
> > node(1)
> > node(2)
> > etc. which are children of a node "CUSTOMER".  	How do I refer to
> each
> > successive node child of node "CUSTOMER"?  My aim is to transform this
> into
> > xml with more meaningful tag names
> > 
> > <CUSTOMER>
> > <xsl:text>WHITC</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>White Clover Markets</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>Karl Jablonski</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>Owner</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>305 - 14th Ave. S.<BR>Suite 3B</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>Seattle</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>WA</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>98128</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>USA</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>(206) 555-4112</xsl:text>
> > <xsl:text>(206) 555-4115</xsl:text>
> > </CUSTOMER>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Robert Gardner [mailto:jrgardn@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 12:05 PM
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Preserve ancestors/discard children
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Steve, with just a snippet of tweaking, it did the trick.  I must
> > remember to use xsl:if more often.  Elsewise I shame the lumberjack and
> > his finely taught lore.
> > 
> > jr
> > 
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=
> > John Robert Gardner
> > ATLA-CERTR
> > Emory University
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > http://vedavid.org/diss/
> > "If there is something you're thinking of doing, or wish you could do,
> > begin it.  In boldness there is mystery and power . . . . "  -Goethe
> > 
> > On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Steve Tinney wrote:
> > 
> > > Here is a lightly tested solution along the lines in my previous post.
> > > The test data you gave is too complex, incidentally, to tell exactly
> > > what the parameters of your needs are.
> > > 
> > > Still, this XSL:
> > > 
> > > <?xml version='1.0'?>
> > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> > >   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="*|@*|text()">
> > >   <xsl:if test="not(name(.)='ul') or not(./li[@class='L'])">
> > >     <xsl:copy>
> > >       <xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*|text()"/>
> > >     </xsl:copy>
> > >   </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > > 
> > > When applied to this XML:
> > > 
> > > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > > <html>
> > > <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
> > > 
> > > <div class="Rgveda">
> > >   <div1>
> > >     <ul><li class="L">agni;m ILe puro;hitam</li>
> > >         <li class="L">yajJa;sya deva;m Rtvi;jam /</li>
> > >     </ul>
> > >     <ul><li class="L">agni;m ILe puro;hitam</li>
> > >         <li class="T">yajJa;sya deva;m Rtvi;jam /</li>
> > >     </ul>
> > >     <ul><li class="T">agni;m ILe puro;hitam</li>
> > >         <li class="T">yajJa;sya deva;m Rtvi;jam /</li>
> > >     </ul>
> > >   </div1>
> > > </div>
> > > </body>
> > > </html>
> > > 
> > > Emits only the third UL.  Perhaps that is what you want?
> > > 
> > >  Steve
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Steve Tinney                                        Babylonian Section
> > >                                  *   University of Pennsylvania Museum
> > > stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx                          Phila, PA. 215-898-4047
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