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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casper Voortman [mailto:casper.voortman@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 23 December 2008 10:25
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Problem with grouping sibling tags
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I have a problem within an xslt i'm writing that i just can't 
> figure out how to solve. I think i have to use either some 
> kind of grouping or work with preceding-sibling or 
> following-sibling, maybe even both combined together. It has 
> to be done in xslt version 1.0 which (for as much as i have 
> read on it) seems to be more complicated on itself as far as 
> groupings and such go.
> 
> Here is a small description together with some samples.
> 
> The XML follows a structure like the following ( i have 
> replaced the original text for 'textcontent' and 'bullet' 
> otherwise it would get too long a mail):
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <ArticleContent>
>      <Frame Label="BroodTekst">
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="Tussenkop">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">textcontent</Text>
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]"/>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="PlattetekstInitiaal">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">textcontent</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">bullet1</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">bullet2</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="Plattetekst">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">textcontent</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="Plattetekst">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">textcontent</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>          <Paragraph Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet">
>              <Text Cstyle="[No character style]">bullet3</Text>
>          </Paragraph>
>      </Frame>
> </ArticleContent>
> 
> This needs to be converted to another XML file that has the following
> structure:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <section role="broodtekst">
> <title role="tussenkop">textcontent</title>
> <para role="plattetekstinitiaal">textcontent</para>
> <itemizedlist>
> 	<listitem>
> 	   <para role="plattetekstbullet">bullet1</para>
> 	</listitem>
> 	<listitem>
> 	   <para role="plattetekstbullet">bullet2</para>
> 	</listitem>
> </itemizedlist>
> <para role="plattetekst">textcontent</para>
> <para role="plattetekst">textcontent</para>
> <itemizedlist>
> 	<listitem>
> 	   <para role="plattetekstbullet">bullet3</para>
> 	</listitem>
> </itemizedlist>
> </frame>
> 
> Now my problem is with the original tags <Paragraph 
> Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet"> these need to be grouped together 
> in the new tag <itemizedlist>, but the structure within the 
> story needs to stay intact. So when another <Paragraph 
> Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet"> appears that is not preceded or 
> followed by the same <Paragraph Pstyle="PlattetekstBullet"> 
> tag they need to be grouped as well separately.
> 
> I can provide the XSLT i have sofar if needed, but it's a 
> fairly long one and it might clutter the issue.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated and would make my x-mas.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Casper Voortman