Yes, "." is the same as "./." and the shorter version (to me) would
be more suitable for legibility. The shorter syntax already is being
used in the select attribute, so I'm unclear what the author might be
trying to gain with the longer syntax.
. . . . . . Ken
At 2016-10-31 16:52 +0000, Schwartz, Christine wrote:
Hi,
I'm hoping someone on this list can clarify my conundrum.
I'm working with a colleague on a writing project and one of his
examples uses this XPath syntax "./." in the starts-with() function
within an XSLT stylesheet. I don't know what "./." means. I would
think that "." alone would be sufficient to refer to the context node.
Here's the example:
<xsl:for-each select="//dim:field">
<xsl:if test="./@element='title'">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="starts-with(./.,'The ')">
<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4">
<subfield code="a"><xsl:value-of
select="."/>.</subfield>
</datafield>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="starts-with(./.,'An ')">
<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="3">
<subfield code="a"><xsl:value-of
select="."/>.</subfield>
</datafield>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="starts-with(./.,'A ')">
<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="2">
<subfield code="a"><xsl:value-of
select="."/>.</subfield>
</datafield>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0">
<subfield code="a"><xsl:value-of
select="."/>.</subfield>
</datafield>
Thanks,
Chris
Christine Schwartz
Metadata Librarian and XML Database Administrator
Princeton Theological Seminary
Library
P.O. Box 821
Princeton, NJ 08542
[email protected]
(609) 497-7938
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