Re: [generguide-devel] Re: I've created Generic Guide project

[Artur H. <ko...@pl...>]

> xsltproc a while back without success.  You might be able to work out how
> to do it.) So I should be able to write:
> <para>In the
>  <xi:include  href="config.xml#xpointer(/project/project-name[1]/*)"
> xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
>  project, we do things this way: ... </para>
I was thinking about this, and I am sure it is possible to do it.
However this kind of processing has some limitations of use.
We can't accomplish more complex inclusions this way.
i. e. for developers list:
<developers>
	<developer>
		<first-name>Cameron</first-name>
                <surr-name>Shorter</surr-name>
                <email>ca...@us...</email>
                <role>Manager</role>
	</developer>
        <developer>
		<first-name>Artur</first-name>
                <surr-name>Hefczyc</surr-name>
                <email>ko...@us...</email>
                <role>Developer</role>
        </developer>
</developers>
we can access only one developer element. I can't see any way
to do inclusions with use of loops.
The only solution to this I see XSLT which is almost full featured
language with loops, conditionals and so on.

Please don't think I try to force XSLT use. I try only warn about
traps and suggest possible solutions. XSLT is the only technology
I know for this kind of XML processing. 
Maybe there also good alternatives.

Another problem I found is that current xinclude.mod
doesn't allow to use <xi:include .../> tag after </section> closing 
tag. After some investigation I see that it is because of 
'section' definition on SDocBook DTD.
Probably I can modify xinclude.mod to allow this kind of use.

I can add at least one file to CVS repository - basicxml.xml.
However it seems to me it is not good to have most files with
'sgml' extension and one or a few of them with 'xml' extension.
If you make a decision what extension to use I will add new file
to CVS repository.

Artur
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