Hi, I didnt understand exactly what you would like to do, but you can use any XPath Expression:
href="../glossary.xml#xpointer(/glossary/glossentry/glossdef) to catch all glossdefs or href="../glossary.xml#xpointer(/glossary/glossentry[last()]/glossdef) to get the glossdef of the last glossentry XPointer is just an XPath Expression. kind regards, janning Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2002 20:59 schrieb Lj�s�lfr: > Lj�s�lfr wrote: > > I would like to include a specific element from one file in > > another file. For example. I have a glossary in which every entry > > has a shot definition, and perhaps a longer definition. I want > > to pull the content of the short <glossdef/> into one of the > > chapters in my book. I've been attempting things such as: > > > > <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; > > href="../glossary.xml#xpointer(id('ur�rshort')/*)"/> > > > > When I run xsltproc on it to generate the target.db, I get > > "XInclude: failed build URL". If I simply use > > ...#xpointer(id(/glossary/*) I get all the entries in the > > glossary pulled in where the xinclude is located. Should I be > > able to do what I'm attempting? What is the syntax for this? > > > > TIA > > This is wrong: > #xpointer(id(/glossary/*) > > What I meant to say was this: > <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; > > href="../glossary.xml#xpointer(/glossary/*)"/> > > I hope no one tried what I originally said worked. The immediately > previous snippet does pull in all the entries in the glossary. I > don't know how much of the of the xpointer functionality is working > in xsltproc. I have not found a great many helpful examples of > using xpointers on the web. This seems like a very powerful tool. > Are people using it? -- Planwerk 6 /websolutions Herzogstra�e 86 40215 D�sseldorf fon 0211-6015919 fax 0211-6015917 http://www.planwerk6.de
