Schematron: catch inconsistent spelling

[shudson310]

One of the features in Vale is that it can catch inconsistent use of a particular spelling. For example, "cancelled" and "canceled" can both be accepted forms of the word. I want to write a Schematron rule that flags a document that uses both forms of the word! You can use one or the other forms, but not both.

What would you suggest for such a rule?

[tavy]

Hello Scott,

One solution is to check if both words are used in the document and highlight one of the words. You can also propose a quick fix that will replace all occurrences of an word with another, something like this:

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<sch:schema xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" queryBinding="xslt2"

    xmlns:sqf="http://www.schematron-quickfix.com/validator/process">

    <sch:let name="firstCancelled" value="(//text()[contains(., 'cancelled')])[1]"/>

    <sch:pattern>

        <sch:rule context="text()[contains(., 'canceled')]">

            <sch:report test="$firstCancelled" sqf:fix="replaceWithCancelled replaceWithCanceled"> Both 'cancelled' and

                'canceled' are used. </sch:report>

            

            <sqf:fix id="replaceWithCancelled">

                <sqf:description>

                    <sqf:title>Replace all 'canceled' occurances with 'cancelled'</sqf:title>

                </sqf:description>

                <sqf:stringReplace match="//text()[contains(., 'canceled')]" regex="canceled" select="'cancelled'"/>

            </sqf:fix>

            

            <sqf:fix id="replaceWithCanceled">

                <sqf:description>

                    <sqf:title>Replace all 'cancelled' occurances with 'canceled'</sqf:title>

                </sqf:description>

                <sqf:stringReplace match="//text()[contains(., 'cancelled')]" regex="cancelled" select="'canceled'"/>

            </sqf:fix>

            

        </sch:rule>

    </sch:pattern>

</sch:schema>

Best Regards,
Octavian