"Peter Flynn" <peter.nosp@m...> wrote in message 
news:5nhvenFie58jU1@m......
> 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
> -- 
> XML FAQ: http://xml.silmaril.ie/
>
>
And this is poor practice:
<xsl:variable name="XMLFile">http://example.com/videos.xml</
xsl:variable>

should be:
<xsl:variable name="XMLFile" select="'http://example.com/videos.xml'" />

Well it should be a global xsl:param but that's a different story :)

If the actual code isn't working then I suggest you try a simple stylesheet 
with one template:
<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:copy-of select="document('http://example.com/videos.xml')"/>
</xsl:template>

just to make sure you can retrieve the document.

-- 

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name