Creating a single webpage from multiple xml files

JasonHampson · Sep 9, 2003

I want to create a single web page viewable by Internet Explorer from several XML files. I intend to use XSL style sheets to create and format the document from multiple source files. I would like Internet Explorer to compile the page on-the-fly

(e.g.

http://tabor.millikin.edu/sts/xml/xml/xsldevguide/review-xsl.xml,

which calls style sheets to format the data contained in the XML file).

I have been looking on the Internet and people have used the document() function to get information from other XML files but I haven’t been able to get it to work. Could anyone give me a practical example of how a single XML file, when opened, will initiate a style sheet that will obtain data from other XML files.

Cheers

Jay

sethu27 · Sep 12, 2003

hi,
Use DOM.

Broccoli2 · Sep 15, 2003

How about

Code:

<xsl:template match=&quot;/&quot;>
  <xsl:variable name=&quot;otherdoc&quot; select=&quot;document('otherdoc.xml')&quot; />
  <xsl:apply-templates select=&quot;$otherdoc&quot; />
</xsl:template>

Just a suggestion ...

-Rob

sethu27 · Sep 16, 2003

hi,
This is better choice

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Merging of multiple xml Documents using XSLT</title>
</head>



<xsl:variable name="doc" select="document('Sample.xml')"/>
<xsl:variable name="schea" select="document('test.xml')"/>
<xsl:variable name="att" select="document('

http://localhost/xml/xyz.xml')"/>

<xsl:apply-templates select="$schea/* "/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="$doc/* "/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="$att/* "/>

<body/>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

JasonHampson · Sep 18, 2003

I adapted your above example to create:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">;

<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Merging of multiple xml Documents using XSLT</title>
</head>



<xsl:variable name="Doc" select="document('CSS_Acceleration ACU Control - Acceleration ACU Control().xml')"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="$Doc/* "/>


<body/>
</html>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="OBJECT[TYPE = 'Heading']">

<H2><A><xsl:attribute name="name"><xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/><xsl:value-of select="ID"/></xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/></A></H2>

<P><xsl:value-of select="TEXT"/></P>

<xsl:apply-templates/>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="OBJECT[TYPE = 'Requirement']">

<A name="A link Value"><H3>Requirement: <xsl:value-of select="ID"/></H3></A>

<H3><A><xsl:attribute name="name"><xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/><xsl:value-of select="ID"/></xsl:attribute>Requirement: <xsl:value-of select="ID"/></A></H3>

<P>Text:<xsl:value-of select="TEXT"/></P>

<xsl:apply-templates/>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="OBJECT[TYPE = 'Informative Text']">

<P>Text</P>

<I><xsl:value-of select="TEXT"/></I>

<xsl:apply-templates/>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="LINKS">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="OUTGOING_LINKS[LINK]">

<P>Outgoing Links</P>
<xsl:for-each select="LINK">

<LI><xsl:value-of select="MODULE"/> - <xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/>(<xsl:value-of select="ID"/>) Type: <xsl:value-of select="TYPE"/></LI>
</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="INCOMING_LINKS[LINK]">

<P>Incoming Links</P>
<xsl:for-each select="LINK">

<LI><xsl:value-of select="MODULE"/> - <xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/>(<xsl:value-of select="ID"/>) Type: <xsl:value-of select="TYPE"/></LI>
</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="SUB_HEADING">

<H3><A><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="MODULE"/> - <xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/>(<xsl:value-of select="ID"/>).xml</xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="HEADING"/></A></H3>



</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Which produced:

;
Requirement:
Requirement:
Text:
Text
Outgoing Links
· - () Type:
Incoming Links
· - () Type:
- ().xml

in internet explorer.

Can you tell me what I’ve done wrong. Ideally the for loop I’ve commented out would loop through a list of document names in the file which calls the style sheet.

sethu27 · Sep 18, 2003

hi Jason,

The possible suggestions are,

1. Misuse of Element or Attribute. You have used LINK in the template and in the xsl:for-each loop, whether LINK is an element or attribute(if it is an attribute use @LINK).

2. Incorrect XPath. Instead of <xsl:template match="INCOMING_LINKS">, you code as <xsl:template match="//INCOMING_LINKS> for better results.

3. Internet Explorer version problem. If you are using Internet explorer IE 5.0 then, the namespace xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"(provided

in the stylesheet) will not support. if it is IE 6.0, then the errors are in the stylesheet only.

I have given the above suggestions for fixing of errors. I hope this will solve your errors. Finally, these suggestions fail to give the output, send the xml file(if it is not confidential) to my email id raman_learn@yahoo.co.in as an attachement.

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