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RE: [xsl] Convert Word XML to Hierarchical XML using XSLT

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Joris has given you the classic XSLT 1.0 solution based on recursing over
the sibling axis. Since XML Spy has (at least some) XSLT 2.0 support, you
could also use <xsl:for-each-group group-starting-with>. Your problem is
very similar to the example in the spec

Example: Identifying a Group by its Initial Element
at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#grouping-examples

except that you need to apply the solution to each of several levels.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Coate [mailto:Rod.Coate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 16 September 2005 10:40
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Convert Word XML to Hierarchical XML using XSLT
> 
> Hi,
> This is my first post on this list and I need a bit of help 
> with some XSL.
> 
> The tools I am using are word 2000 and Altova XML Spy.
> 
> I have a series of word documents that are formatted so that 
> the import function of XML Spy produces xml as per the 
> example at the end of this post.
> I am trying to process this into a specific xml so that I can 
> then import it into a database. (Target XML sample after the 
> Word XML sample)
> 
> I need a bit of Guidance as to how to approach this problem. 
> If I was coding in VBA then I could just count and compare 
> Heading levels, but how do I do this in XSL?
> 
> I hope that this makes sense. 
> 
> Help!
> 
> Rod
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Word XML
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> <Word-Document >
> 	<Heading1>
> 		<p>Heading Level One</p>
> 	</Heading1>
> 	<Heading2>
> 		<p>Heading Level Two</p>
> 	</Heading2>
> 	<Heading3>
> 		<p>Category1</p>
> 	</Heading3>
> 	<Normal>
> 		<p>Category 1 Text</p>
> 		...
> 	</Normal>
> 	<Heading3>
> 		<p>Category2</p>
> 	</Heading3>
> 	<Normal>
> 		<p>Category 2 Text</p>
> 		...
> 	</Normal>
> 	...
> 	<Heading2>
> 	...
> </Word-Document>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Target XML
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> <Heading1>
> 	<Title>Heading Level One</Title>
> 	<Data>
> 		<Heading2>Heading Level 2</Heading2>
> 		<Category1>
> 			Category 1 Text
> 			...
> 		</Category1>
> 		<Category2>
> 			Category 2 Text
> 			...
> 		</Category2>
> 		...
> 		<CategoryN>
> 			Category N Text
> 			...
> 		</CategoryN>
> 	</Data>
> 	<Data>
> 		...
> 	</Data>
> </Heading1>
> -------------------------------------------------------------

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