Put common code in a module L; import this from separate modules A, B, C...
that define the templates that are different. Run the transformation by
invoking A, B, or C as appropriate. If code is used in stylesheets A and B
but not in C, you can put the template in the common module L and override
it in C: the version in C will be used in preference to the version in L.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Breisacher [mailto:LBreisacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 03 August 2005 22:21
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  similar stylesheets
> 
> I have a single type of (rather complex) input document that gets
> transformed into a number of different output documents (but 
> not all at
> the same time). So I have a collection of different 
> stylesheets that all
> have the same basic structure (based on the structure of the input
> document of course) -- the same match templates, etc. Then within that
> structure, each stylesheet has its own particular output content. 
> 
> My question is: Are there any tricks or conventions that people use in
> this kind of situation to avoid the duplication of the 
> structure of each
> stylesheet? For example, if I want to pick up some portion of 
> the input
> doc that I've not dealt with before, I have to make identical 
> changes in
> each stylesheet. Ugly.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lee