Xinclude and XPointer.. How to ? Please help me

[manuel.dorne]

Hello,

I've made a xinclude call like that:

<xs:appinfo>
<Actions>
<xi:include href="testXI.xml" xpointer="A1"/>
</Actions>
</xs:appinfo>

and here is the file where i have my information:

<Noms>
<Nom Init="DF" xml:id="A1" ><LastName>Faveur</LastName><FirstName>David</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="MD"><LastName>Dorne</LastName><FirstName>Manuel</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="PR"><LastName>Rajaud</LastName><FirstName>Patrick</FirstName></Nom>
</Noms>

I don't know how to get the firstname of the element id="A1" via my xpointer ?

Could you help me ?

Thanks

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

oXygen offers XInclude support through Xerces which does not support the entire xpointer() scheme. However you can include only the FirstName subelement that you want using the element() scheme:

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<xi:include href="testXI.xml" xpointer="element(/1/1/2)" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

Also oXygen adds support for including an XPointer fragment through the xml:id attribute as in your case:

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 <Nom Init="DF" xml:id="A1" >

but the element

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<xi:include href="testXI.xml" xpointer="A1" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

includes the entire element Nom.


Regards,
Sorin

[manuel.dorne]

Thanks for your quick answer !

[manuel.dorne]

Hi again !

When i generate the result file, i get this

<Text>
Voici les noms des personnes de la société
<Noms xml:base="testXi.xml">
<Nom Init="DF"><LastName>Faveur</LastName><FirstName>David</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="MD"><LastName>Dorne</LastName><FirstName>Manuel</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="PR"><LastName>Rajaud</LastName><FirstName>Patrick</FirstName></Nom>
</Noms>
</Text>

But, this file is not valid with my XSD because of the xml:base="textXi.xml" !
Do you know how to remove residual element like xml:base on my final generated file ?

Thanks

[sorin_ristache]

Do you know how to remove residual element like xml:base on my final generated file ?

You can avoid generating the xml:base attribute by disabling the Base URI fix-up option in Options -> Preferences -> XML -> XML Parser but generally this is not recommended. Why don't you modify your XSD to allow the xml:base attribute ?


Regards,
Sorin

[sorin_ristache]

When i generate the result file, i get this

<Text>
Voici les noms des personnes de la société
<Noms xml:base="testXi.xml">
<Nom Init="DF"><LastName>Faveur</LastName><FirstName>David</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="MD"><LastName>Dorne</LastName><FirstName>Manuel</FirstName></Nom>
<Nom Init="PR"><LastName>Rajaud</LastName><FirstName>Patrick</FirstName></Nom>
</Noms>
</Text>

Use the XPointer expression which I specified to obtain only the FirstName element that you want. With the following XInclude element

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<xs:appinfo>

    <Actions>

        <xi:include href="testXI.xml" xpointer="element(/1/1/2)" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    </Actions>

</xs:appinfo>

you get

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<xs:appinfo>

    <Actions>

        <FirstName xml:base="test2.xml">David</FirstName>

    </Actions>

</xs:appinfo>

Regards,
Sorin