Frank Peterson wrote:
> I have a XML file on a remote server controlled by a third party. I
> need to have XSL transform that XML file, yet I havent gotten this to
> work so far:
> 
> Local XML:
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="adfare_jobclips.xsl"?>
> <videos>
> 	<copyright>this should not show up</copyright>
> </videos>
> 
> XSL for Local XML that really points to a 3rd party XML:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!-- DWXMLSource="http://
> example.com/videos.xml" --><!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet  [
> 	<!ENTITY nbsp   "&#160;">
> 	<!ENTITY copy   "&#169;">
> 	<!ENTITY reg    "&#174;">
> 	<!ENTITY trade  "&#8482;">
> 	<!ENTITY mdash  "&#8212;">
> 	<!ENTITY ldquo  "&#8220;">
> 	<!ENTITY rdquo  "&#8221;">
> 	<!ENTITY pound  "&#163;">
> 	<!ENTITY yen    "&#165;">
> 	<!ENTITY euro   "&#8364;">
> ]>

That DOCTYPE declaration should be in the local XML file, not in the 
stylesheet, because the entity references may occur in the data, not in 
the stylesheet:

<!DOCTYPE videos  [
<!ENTITY nbsp   "&#160;">
<!ENTITY copy   "&#169;">
<!ENTITY reg    "&#174;">
<!ENTITY trade  "&#8482;">
<!ENTITY mdash  "&#8212;">
<!ENTITY ldquo  "&#8220;">
<!ENTITY rdquo  "&#8221;">
<!ENTITY pound  "&#163;">
<!ENTITY yen    "&#165;">
<!ENTITY euro   "&#8364;">
]>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="adfare_jobclips.xsl"?>
<videos>
   <copyright>this should not show up</copyright>
</videos>

> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8"/>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 
> <xsl:variable name="XMLFile">http://example.com/videos.xml</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:for-each select="document($XMLFile)/videos">
> 	[{"copyright": <xsl:value-of select="copyright"/>}]
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>

It works, but I don't see the point of referencing the root element type 
"videos" in a for-each, as there can only ever be one root element.

I'm also assuming the local XML is just a dummy, to give XSLT 1.0 a file 
to chew on. In that case, don't confuse the issue by giving it the same 
structure as the remote file. Just say

<!DOCTYPE dummy  [
<!ENTITY nbsp   "&#160;">
<!ENTITY copy   "&#169;">
<!ENTITY reg    "&#174;">
<!ENTITY trade  "&#8482;">
<!ENTITY mdash  "&#8212;">
<!ENTITY ldquo  "&#8220;">
<!ENTITY rdquo  "&#8221;">
<!ENTITY pound  "&#163;">
<!ENTITY yen    "&#165;">
<!ENTITY euro   "&#8364;">
]>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="adfare_jobclips.xsl"?>
<dummy/>

///Peter
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