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Mike,

That sounds like an interesting approach.

Can you give me a code snippet of how it might look?

Thanks
Scott

--- Mike Haarman <mhaarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> You could use import precedence to manage this
> requirement.  Let your main XSL
> file be a driver which imports the desired template
> behavior based on the value
> of mode.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Powell" <scotthpowell@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:23 AM
> Subject: [xsl] Arbitrary XML document merge and
> styling with XSLT
> 
> 
> > Thanks for all the advice on the site for merging
> > multiple XML documents into one.
> >
> > In all of the samples I've seen, the merging XSLT
> file
> > applies the same templates to all source nodes. 
> What
> > if you want different styles applied to nodes with
> the
> > same name from the two documents?
> >
> > Let's say page.xml lists all the xml files to
> merge
> > (see below); the mode node indicates which
> template
> > mode to use in the transformation file.  Page.xsl
> > contains the transformation instructions, making
> the
> > appropriate document() calls as needed.
> >
> > But I've discovered that apply-templates' mode=""
> > value must be a constant.  All my efforts to use
> the
> > mode value from page.xml have fallen over.
> >
> > Is there a way to do this sort of "generic" merge
> > within a single xsl file without hard-coding the
> match
> > logic or using xsl:if's?
> >
> > Can name spaces help me here some how?
> >
> > Of would I be better off handling this within an
> ASP
> > script?  ASP could read page.xml and then call a
> > series of transforms based on the <element> nodes?
> >
> > Thanks for your advice and help....
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
======================================================
> > page.xml (contains a list of xml files to merge
> along
> > with a MODE element I'd like to use to dictate
> which
> > templates should be applied in the page.xsl file)
> >
>
======================================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <page>
> >   <element>
> >     <mode>main</mode>
> >     <file>main_menu.xml</file>
> >   </element>
> >   <element>
> >     <mode>left</mode>
> >     <file>left_menu.xml</file>
> >   </element>
> > </page>
> >
> >
> >
>
======================================================
> > page.xsl (Attempts to load each file in page.xml
> and
> > apply-templates.  But I'd like to differentiate
> which
> > templates are used for nodes with the same name
> where
> > I want different styling)
> >
>
======================================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> > <xsl:output method="html"/>
> > <xsl:template match="page">
> >   <xsl:for-each select="element">
> >     <xsl:apply-templates select="document(file)"
> > mode="**** I would like to use the MODE value in
> the
> > file but all attempts to use a variable here are
> > rejected ****"></xsl:apply-templates>
> >   </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> >
> > <xsl:template match="menu" mode="main">
> > <!-- formatting code -->
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="menu" mode="left">
> > <!-- formatting code -->
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
======================================================
> > left_menu.xml (contains a list of graphic refs for
> a
> > navigation menu)
> >
>
======================================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE menu SYSTEM "menu.dtd">
> > <menu name="weddings">
> >   <item name="weddings_menu_how" href="index.htm">
> >     <icon>
> >       <iconOn width="101"
> > height="18">weddings_menu_how.gif</iconOn>
> >       <iconOff width="101"
> > height="18">weddings_menu_how_f2.gif</iconOff>
> >       <alt>how &amp; why</alt>
> >     </icon>
> >   </item>
> > </menu>
> >
> >
>
=====================================================
> > main_menu.xml (contains a simple list of links and
> > labels for a top nav bar)
> >
>
=====================================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE menu SYSTEM "menu.dtd">
> > <menu>
> >   <item href="index.htm">
> >     <label>home</label>
> >   </item>
> >   <item href="../tours/subpage.asp">
> >     <label>travel &amp; tours</label>
> >   </item>
> > </menu>
> >
> >
> >
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