[XML4Lib] Job opening: XML developer at TuftsUniversity (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Boheemen, Peter van]

Or if you llike to type a lot :)
 
<a>
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</a>
 
Obviously, dc:identifier is your current node as Charles says. 
Best practice is to create a template for dc:identifier and not use a for-each loop.
XSLT is a declarative language and you should avoid procedural methods like you would do in most programming languages: http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/28610/1954 
 
Peter
 
P.S. Read a good book or see http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Output/index.html
 
Drs. P.J.C. van Boheemen
Hoofd Applicatieontwikkeling en beheer - Bibliotheek Wageningen UR
Head of Application Development and Management - Wageningen University and Research Library
tel. +31 317 48 25 17                                                                                    http://library.wur.nl <http://library.wur.nl/> 
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From: xml4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Charles Yates
Sent: Fri 16-5-2008 21:30
To: Metz, Edward J Mr CIV USA TRADOC
Cc: xml4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [XML4Lib] Job opening: XML developer at TuftsUniversity (UNCLASSIFIED)



for-each changes the context node to each successive item in the select
node list.

you should use href="{.}" or href="{text()}" or href="{self::node()}"

Metz, Edward J Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
>  I'm new to this list and have a question that I'm hoping someone can
> help me with. The answer is probably really straightforward but I can't
> seem to come up with it.
>
> I'm working on a very simple, bearbones XSL stylesheet to convert an XML
> file (using Dublin Core schema) to HTML. The problem I have is
> transforming the Identifier field containing an objects url into the <a
> href""> tag in my HTML.
>
> This bit of code from my XSL is for the Identifier field :
>         <tr>
>           <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="khaki">
>              <b>URL(s):</b>
>           </td>
>           <td align="left" valign="top"><b>
>
>              <xsl:for-each select="dc:identifier">
>
>                  <div class="item-style">
>                  <a href="{dc:identifier}">
>                  <xsl:value-of select="."/><br/>
>
> It produces this output though in my htm document:
> <div class="item-style"><a
> href="">http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/0857-1/123846-T
> heHouseOfThunder.wma<br></a></div>
>
> No matter what I try so far I don't seem able to get the url valkue to
> appear within the <a href""> tag
>
> Edward Metz
> Systems Librarian
> Combined Arms Research Library, USACGSC
> 250 Gibbon Ave
> Fort Leavenworth KS 66027-2314
> Tel: 913-758-3027
> Fax: 913-758-3014
> DSN: 585-3027
> http://carl.army.mil <http://carl.army.mil/> 
>
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>
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