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xslt conversion (from content to tag)

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lowbk

lowbk

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Nov 26, 2001
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Hi, I'm new to XML and need some advice on XSL.
suppose i want to convert the following xml to
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<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>
<body>
<section>
<caption>previous history</caption>
<list>
<item>
<caption>diabetic ketoacidosis</caption>
<content>dk</content>
</item>
<item>
<caption>severe hypoglycaemia</caption>
<content>sh</content>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section>
<caption>comments</caption>
<list>
<item>
<caption>disease description</caption>
<content>early stage</content>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</body>
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TO
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<body>
<previous history>
<list>
<diabetic ketoacidosis>dk</diabetic ketoacidosis>
<severe hypoglycaemia>sh</severe hypoglycaemia>
</list>
</previous history>
<comments>
<list>
<disease description>early stage</disease description>
</list>
</comments>
</body>
--------------------------------------------------------
My XSL is as below, but it is not correct

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=&quot;1.0&quot; xmlns:xsl=&quot;<xsl:eek:utput method=&quot;xml&quot; indent=&quot;yes&quot;/>

<xsl:template match=&quot;/&quot;>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates select=&quot;/levelone/body/section&quot;/>
</body>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match=&quot;section&quot;>
<xsl:element name=&quot;{./caption}&quot;>
<list>
<xsl:element name=&quot;{../list/item/caption}&quot;>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;../list/item/content&quot;/>
</xsl:element>
</list>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
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any kind soul pls advise
 
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in your output it is not correct xml to create tags which contain spaces.

<disease description> --> this is not a valid tag.

if you can change the design on the output xml then it would be best to structure the history section more like....

<PreviousHistory>
<list>
<condition id=&quot;dk&quot;>diabetic ketoacidosis</condition>
<condition id=&quot;sh&quot;>severe hypoglycaemia</condition>
</list>
</PreviousHistory>

From this the xsl should be easier and the rest of the document should be structured in a similar way.

it is possible to exactly recreate the output you want but it would start getting messy and wouldn't be xml any more.
:)
 
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suppose I restructure the xml to be

<body>
<section caption=&quot;previous history&quot;>
<list>
<condition id=&quot;dk&quot;>diabetic ketoacidosis</condition>
<condition id=&quot;sh&quot;>severe hypoglycaemia</condition>
</list>
</section>
</body>

how to write the xslt for the &quot;<section caption=previous history>&quot;?
any kind soul pls advise.
 
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<section caption=&quot;{caption}&quot;>

the &quot;{}&quot; are the bits to note. it's the equivalent of an <xsl:value-of>.
 
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