Hi Nathan,
  Creating a map is a good idea. For e.g. you may
create a XML file "map.xml" which captures the mapping
information, something like below --

<map>
 <same what="name">
   <A>firstName</A>
   <A>fName</A>
   <A>nameFirst</A>
 </same>
 <!--
  ..other mappings
 -->
</map>

You can use *document() function* in your XSLT to read
your main XML and the mapping XML. 

Another solution i can think is -- you may capture all
possible options(lets say for "first name") within
your XSLT with *or (|) statements*. Then you will not
need the mapping XML file.


Regards,
Mukul


--- Nathan Shaw <n8_shaw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am working on a project where I will be receiving
> different xml documents that contain essentially the
> same content and vary only slightly in nomenclature.
> 
> For example, one document uses <firstName>, while
> another uses <fName>, while yet another uses
> <nameFirst>. They all "mean" the same thing and have
> the same data, but are expressed differently.
> 
> To avoid having to write a separate xslt
> transformation for each document, I have been
> looking
> into creating a map that would tie together
> differing
> elements and attributes in the xml documents I
> receive
> to my end document's elements and attributes, thus
> allowing me to only write one xslt transformation
> using the map.
> 
> Has anyone done anything like this before? I have
> seen
> a presentation on it by Joshua Fox, but his method
> uses middleware. I am looking for a pure xslt
> solution
> here.
> 
> Thanks all.
> 
> --Nathan
> 
> 
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