Hi Daniel,

> Could the same thing be
> done, but with the maps document in side the data document like this:

Yes, just change how the $maps variable is selected, e.g.
change this line...
   <xsl:variable name="maps" select="document('maps.xml',/)/maps/element"/>
to...
   <xsl:variable name="maps" select="/mapswithdata/maps/element"/>


HTH
Marrow
http://www.marrowsoft.com - home of Xselerator (XSLT IDE and debugger)
http://www.topxml.com/Xselerator


"Daniel" <softwareengineer98037@y...> wrote in message
news:Ovl2V0tlEHA.704@T......
> Thanks! That helped alot! I have another question. Could the same thing be
> done, but with the maps document in side the data document like this:
>
> Data Document (with maps document inside):
>
> <mapswithdata>
>  <maps>
>   <target id="3" name="UKmusic" />
>   <element source="car" target="automobile">
>    <attribute source="blue" target="red"/>
>    <attribute source="right" target="left"/>
>   </element>
>   <element source="house" target="close">
>    <attribute source="balcony" target="deck"/>
>   </element>
>  </maps>
>  <top>
>   <foo x="1" y="2"/>
>   <bar x="1" y="2"/>
>   <cars>
>   <car blue="1"/>
>   </cars>
>   <houses>
>    <house balcony="true" frontdoor="open"/>
>   </houses>
>  </top>
> </mapswithdata>
>
>
> Desired Target Document After XSLT Transformation
>
> <top>
>  <foo x="1" y="2"/>
>  <bar x="1" y="2"/>
>  <cars>
>   <automobile red="1"/>
>  </cars>
>  <houses>
>   <close deck="true"/>
>  </houses>
> </top>
>
>
> Ofcourse the <mapswithdata> wrapper and the <maps> node would not be part
of
> the output. Can this be done or must it be in another file? Any help or
> direction much appreciated.
>
> "Daniel" <softwareengineer98037@y...> wrote in message
> news:OYFQZAtlEHA.3520@t......
> > Thanks, you are the xsl master.
> >
> > "Marrow" <m--a-r-r-o-w@m-a-r-r-o-w--s-o-f-t.com> wrote in message
> > news:eBLyAXglEHA.3104@T......
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > >
> > > > Is there any way to make it so that the attributes are not persisted
> if
> > > they
> > > > have no entry in the maps.xml?
> > >
> > > Yes, just replace this part of the stylesheet...
> > >
> > >   <xsl:choose>
> > >     <xsl:when test="$this-attribute-map">
> > >       <xsl:attribute name="{$this-attribute-map/@target}">
> > >         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > >       </xsl:attribute>
> > >     </xsl:when>
> > >     <xsl:otherwise>
> > >       <xsl:copy/>
> > >     </xsl:otherwise>
> > >   </xsl:choose>
> > >
> > > with...
> > >
> > >   <xsl:if test="$this-attribute-map">
> > >     <xsl:attribute name="{$this-attribute-map/@target}">
> > >       <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > >     </xsl:attribute>
> > >   </xsl:if>
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Marrow
> > > http://www.marrowsoft.com - home of Xselerator (XSLT IDE and debugger)
> > > http://www.topxml.com/Xselerator
> > >
> > >
> > > "Daniel" <softwareengineer98037@y...> wrote in message
> > > news:uLZNdlelEHA.3816@T......
> > > > Is there any way to make it so that the attributes are not persisted
> if
> > > they
> > > > have no entry in the maps.xml?
> > > >
> > > > That worked accept the result it returned was:
> > > >
> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > > > <top>
> > > >    <foo x="1" y="2"/>
> > > >    <bar x="1" y="2"/>
> > > >    <cars>
> > > >       <automobile red="1"/>
> > > >    </cars>
> > > >    <houses>
> > > >       <close deck="true" frontdoor="open"/>
> > > >    </houses>
> > > > </top>
> > > >
> > > > but the expected result was:
> > > >
> > > > <top>
> > > >  <foo x="1" y="2"/>
> > > >  <bar x="1" y="2"/>
> > > >  <cars>
> > > >   <automobile red="1"/>
> > > >  </cars>
> > > >  <houses>
> > > >   <close deck="true"/>
> > > >  </houses>
> > > > </top>
> > > >
> > > > For my case I do not want  frontdoor="open" to be persisted because
it
> > has
> > > > no entry in the maps document:
> > > >
> > > > <maps>
> > > >  <element source="car" target="automobile">
> > > >   <attribute source="blue" target="red"/>
> > > >   <attribute source="right" target="left"/>
> > > >  </element>
> > > >  <element source="house" target="close">
> > > >   <attribute source="balcony" target="deck"/>
> > > >  </element>
> > > > </maps>
> > > >
> > > > Everything else looks perfect.
> > > >
> > > > "Marrow" <m--a-r-r-o-w@m-a-r-r-o-w--s-o-f-t.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:eMAl%23VakEHA.3912@T......
> > > > > Hi Daniel,
> > > > >
> > > > > Try something like...
> > > > >
> > > > > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > > > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> > > > > <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
> > > > > <xsl:variable name="maps"
> > select="document('maps.xml',/)/maps/element"/>
> > > > >
> > > > > <xsl:template match="/">
> > > > >   <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > > > > </xsl:template>
> > > > >
> > > > > <xsl:template match="*">
> > > > >   <xsl:variable name="this-element-map" select="$maps[@source =
> > > > > local-name(current())]"/>
> > > > >   <xsl:choose>
> > > > >     <xsl:when test="$this-element-map">
> > > > >       <xsl:element name="{$this-element-map/@target}">
> > > > >         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" mode="mapped">
> > > > >           <xsl:with-param name="attributes-map"
> > > > > select="$this-element-map/attribute"/>
> > > > >         </xsl:apply-templates>
> > > > >         <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > > > >       </xsl:element>
> > > > >     </xsl:when>
> > > > >     <xsl:otherwise>
> > > > >       <xsl:copy>
> > > > >         <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
> > > > >       </xsl:copy>
> > > > >     </xsl:otherwise>
> > > > >   </xsl:choose>
> > > > > </xsl:template>
> > > > >
> > > > > <xsl:template match="@*" mode="mapped">
> > > > >   <xsl:param name="attributes-map"/>
> > > > >   <xsl:variable name="this-attribute-map"
> > > select="$attributes-map[@source
> > > > =
> > > > > local-name(current())]"/>
> > > > >   <xsl:choose>
> > > > >     <xsl:when test="$this-attribute-map">
> > > > >       <xsl:attribute name="{$this-attribute-map/@target}">
> > > > >         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > > > >       </xsl:attribute>
> > > > >     </xsl:when>
> > > > >     <xsl:otherwise>
> > > > >       <xsl:copy/>
> > > > >     </xsl:otherwise>
> > > > >   </xsl:choose>
> > > > > </xsl:template>
> > > > >
> > > > > <xsl:template match="@* | text() | comment() |
> > > processing-instruction()">
> > > > >   <xsl:copy/>
> > > > > </xsl:template>
> > > > > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH
> > > > > Marrow
> > > > > http://www.marrowsoft.com - home of Xselerator (XSLT IDE and
> debugger)
> > > > > http://www.topxml.com/Xselerator
> > > > >
> > > > > "Daniel" <softwareengineer98037@y...> wrote in message
> > > > > news:%23EzPpOWkEHA.524@T......
> > > > > > Is this possible with an XSLT to merge these two XML documents
and
> > get
> > > > the
> > > > > > third document? If so any help, guidence, XSLT would be much
> > > > appreciated!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Maps Document:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <maps>
> > > > > >  <element source="car" target="automobile">
> > > > > >   <attribute source="blue" target="red"/>
> > > > > >   <attribute source="right" target="left"/>
> > > > > >  </element>
> > > > > >  <element source="house" target="close">
> > > > > >   <attribute source="balcony" target="deck"/>
> > > > > >  </element>
> > > > > > </maps>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Data Document:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <top>
> > > > > >  <foo x="1" y="2"/>
> > > > > >  <bar x="1" y="2"/>
> > > > > >  <cars>
> > > > > >   <car blue="1"/>
> > > > > >  </cars>
> > > > > >  <houses>
> > > > > >   <house balcony="true" frontdoor="open"/>
> > > > > >  </houses>
> > > > > > </top>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Desired Target Document After XSLT Transformation
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <top>
> > > > > >  <foo x="1" y="2"/>
> > > > > >  <bar x="1" y="2"/>
> > > > > >  <cars>
> > > > > >   <automobile red="1"/>
> > > > > >  </cars>
> > > > > >  <houses>
> > > > > >   <house deck="true"/>
> > > > > >  </houses>
> > > > > > </top>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>