creating html using xml and xslt

[eliphas]

Hi all,
I'm currently designing a website for a poet, and as I've been looking for an opportunity to try out xml I've decided to have a go at storing all the poem files in xml format.

The general structure goes like this:
<poem>
<verse>
<line>This would be the first line of the poem</line>
<line>This would be the second line of the poem</line>
...
</verse>

<verse>
...
</verse>
</poem>

I know this is a simple case, but my main reason for doing the site this way is as a learning exercise.

I have written an xslt file to display the poem, each verse is displayed as a separate <p> tag, and a <br/> tag is inserted at the end of each line.

So far so good!

My problems begin when I try to expand on what I already have! Ideally I would like to include both <strong> and <em> tags into the poem files for a little extra control over the formatting, but I don't know how to make the xslt change the <strong> tags in my xml file into normal html <strong> tags whilst keeping the rest of the <line> element intact.

I've searched through all my books and forums and can't find anything that addresses this particular problem. If anybody could point me in the right direction I would be grateful.

Many thanks.

 

[eliphas]

I'd like to say thanks to anyone who may be reading this and thinking about helping me, but I think I've finally cracked it!

I used this:

<xsl:template match="line">
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no"/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>

It seems to work, but I'd still welcome any comments from people with advice about whether this is the best answer or if you know any other ways.

Many thanks.

 

[eliphas]

Sorry it seems I lied, that doesn't work at all. Back to the drawing board!!!

 

[tsuji]

[0]
[tt]<!-- ancestors etc etc -->
<!-- lines etc etc -->
<line>Porque parte tudo um dia</line>
<line>O que nos lábios ardia</line>
<line>Até não sermos ninguém</line>
<line><strong>Tudo é água</strong>que corre</line>
<line>De cada vez que nos morre</line>
<line>Nasce um pouco mais além</line>
<!-- line etc etc -->
<!-- closing ancestors etc etc -->
[/tt]
[1] Important to be specific (with parent line specified) for mixed content model.
[tt]
<xsl:template match="line">
<xsl:apply-templates select="text()|node()" />
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="[blue]line[/blue]/text()">
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space()" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="[blue]line[/blue]/strong">
<xsl:text>&#x20;</xsl:text>
<span style="font-weight:bold">
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space()" />
</span>
<xsl:text>&#x20;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
[/tt]

 

[eliphas]

Thanks tsuji, you just about saved my sanity!