Re: AW: XSLT with entities and therefore DOCTYPE

[Robert Koberg]

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Von: Mike Castle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 8. Dezember 2003 21:23
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Betreff: XSLT with entities and therefore DOCTYPE
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There is the mulberrytech xsl-list that is a very good resource. I will 
try to answer inline. Also, get a copy of Mike Kay's XSLT Programmer's 
Reference 2cnd edition (the bible for xsl).

So, I've been trying to experiment with xsl:variable, but to no luck.  For
example, I really need to do something like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:variable name="foo">[test]</xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="bar" select="/project/target$foo"/>
This might be a typo..................................^

I am not clear on what you are trying to do, but here are some ideas.

Are you trying to hold a string in this variable? If so, you need to put 
the string in quotes:

<xsl:variable name="bar" select="concat('/project/target/', $foo)"/>

Are you trying to access something like:

<project>
  <target>
   [test]
  </target>
</project>
then:

<xsl:variable name="bar" select="normalize-space(/project/target)"/>

Are you trying to build an XPath on the fly to access something like:

<project>
  <target>
   <test boo="something"/>
  </target>
</project>
then:

<xsl:variable
  name="bar"
  select="/project/target/*[local-name()=$foo]/@something"/>




    <xsl:value-of select="$bar"/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
And I've tried several variations on this technique to no avail.

So, is there anyway I can get ant to convince XSLT not to validate the
stylesheet, even though it has a DOCTYPE (I really don't want to have to
write a DTD for this thing)?
don't use a DTD for this.
Or would anyone know how to hammer xsl:variables into doing what I want?
don't know what you want.

Outside of that, where do I go to ask for help (specifically, what would
YOU recommend)?  My searches really haven't turned up too much useful
information, but I'm new enough to this that I am probably missing useful
terms that would help.
see above

best,
-Rob
Thanks a lot,
mrc
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