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RE: [xsl] Newbie Question: Convert "flat" hierarchy to nested hierarchy

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Michael Kay wrote:

> You'll find a paper that tackles this problem (using XSLT 2.0) at
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> http://www.idealliance.org/proceedings/xml04/papers/111/mhk-paper.html
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> The reverse transformation is much easier: you just process all the
> elements in document order (//nest) and for each one compute its
> level number as count(ancestor::*).

Thank you for your prompt answer.

Since I am a newbie at this, it'll take me a while to understand your
paper (and XSLT in general.) But I assume from your reply that the
transformation from 'flat' to 'nested' (which is of most interest to
me at the moment) is doable with XSLT 2.0.

Of course, would love to see an XSLT 2.0 transformation specific to
the 'flat' to 'nested' example, if someone here has the interest --
and a moment to spare. That will greatly help. It also seems "generic"
enough that the transformation may be useful to someone else in the
future.

Again, much thanks.

Mark
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