Unique combination of element / attribute value in schematron

[Iwicka]

Hi,

I have a problem that seems to be quite common, but none of the examples I found, actually works for me. The rule needs to say that the combination of element and attribute value must beunique. There can be only one instance of a name per language, but the name can be the same for different languages:

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<brandName>

<languageSpecificBrandName language='en'>name1</languageSpecificBrandName>

<languageSpecificBrandName language='fr'>name2</languageSpecificBrandName>

<languageSpecificBrandName language='de'>name2</languageSpecificBrandName>

</brandName>

The rule I created is the following:

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        <sch:rule context="//brandName">

            <sch:assert test="count(languageSpecificBrandName/@languageCode[.=current()])=1">Error</sch:assert>

        </sch:rule>

But it always gives an error, so there must be something wrong with it.

Could you give me some suggestion?

Thank you,

Ewa

[tavy]

Hello,

You can create a rule that for each languageSpecificBrandName element verifies that there is no previous sibling with the same name and language code. The rule must be something like this:

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<sch:rule context="languageSpecificBrandName">

    <sch:let name="currentLang" value="@language"/>

    <sch:let name="currentName" value="text()"/>

    <sch:assert test="count(preceding-sibling::languageSpecificBrandName[@language=$currentLang and text() = $currentName])=0"> 

        Combination lang of '<sch:value-of select="$currentLang"/>' and name '<sch:value-of select="$currentName"/>' already used.

    </sch:assert>

</sch:rule>

Best Regards,
Octavian