How to eliminate dummy element

RockBal · December 8th, 2010, 08:47 AM

Hi,

How to eliminate dummy element in xslt. Herewith i have pasted xml, xsl and html(The html file how it look like i inform the bottom)

XML Coding
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Preview-XML XREF b1.0.xsl"?>
<references>
<reference id="[1]">
<journal>
<journal_metadata>
<full_title></full_title>
<abbrev_title>Open Sys.</abbrev_title>
<issn></issn>
<coden></coden>
</journal_metadata>
<journal_issue>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year>2000</year>
</publication_date>
<journal_volume>
<volume>7</volume>
</journal_volume>
<issue></issue>
<special_numbering></special_numbering>
</journal_issue>
<journal_article>
<titles>bb
<title></title>
</titles>
<contributors>
<person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
<given_name>V. P.</given_name>
<surname>BAlaji</surname>
<suffix></suffix>
</person_name>
<organization sequence="first|additional" contributor_role="author|editor|chair|translator"> </organization>
</contributors>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year></year>
</publication_date>
<pages>
<first_page>101</first_page>
<last_page></last_page>
<other_pages></other_pages>
</pages>
<doi_data>
<doi></doi>
<resource></resource>
</doi_data>
<comments>
<comment></comment>
</comments>
</journal_article>
<original_text>[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7, 101 (2000).</original_text>
</journal>
</reference>
<references>

XSl Coding

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
<xsl:template match="node()">
<xsl:if test="count(descendant::text()[string-length(normalize-space(.))>0]|@*)">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="@*">
<xsl:copy />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Html Output
Open Sys. Information Dyn.

2000

7

bb

V. P.

Belavkin

101

[1] V. P. Belavkin, Open Sys. Information Dyn.7
, 101 (2000).

Excepted html output like (For the purpose before show the element name which element the contant text hold)

<abbrev_title> Open Sys.

<year> 2000

<volume> 7

<given_name> V. P.

<surname> BAlaji

<first_page> 101

[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7
, 101 (2000).

Kindly look at this.

Martin Honnen · December 8th, 2010, 11:05 AM

First of all, please mark up your code samples with http://p2p.wrox.com/misc.php?do=bbcode#code so that we can better read them.
I suspect you want something like

Code:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
    <head>
      <title>Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
       <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[not(*) and normalize-space()]">
  <p><xsl:value-of select="concat('&lt;', local-name(), '&gt;', .)"/></p>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[not(*) and not(normalize-space())]"/>

That should output the name and contents of any leaf element containing some contents and ignore any empty elements.

RockBal · December 9th, 2010, 02:22 AM

Hi,

Thank this wil working fine. But i want small modification about that html look how i pasted the below.

XML Coding
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Preview-XML XREF b1.0.xsl"?>
<references>
<reference id="[1]">
<journal>
<journal_metadata>
<full_title></full_title>
<abbrev_title>Open Sys.</abbrev_title>
<issn></issn>
<coden></coden>
</journal_metadata>
<journal_issue>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year>2000</year>
</publication_date>
<journal_volume>
<volume>7</volume>
</journal_volume>
<issue></issue>
<special_numbering></special_numbering>
</journal_issue>
<journal_article>
<titles>bb
<title></title>
</titles>
<contributors>
<person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
<given_name>V. P.</given_name>
<surname>BAlaji</surname>
<suffix></suffix>
</person_name>
<organization sequence="first|additional" contributor_role="author|editor|chair|translator"> </organization>
</contributors>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year></year>
</publication_date>
<pages>
<first_page>101</first_page>
<last_page></last_page>
<other_pages></other_pages>
</pages>
<doi_data>
<doi></doi>
<resource></resource>
</doi_data>
<comments>
<comment></comment>
</comments>
</journal_article>
<original_text>[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7, 101 (2000).</original_text>
</journal>
</reference>
<references>

Output Html like

<abbrev_title>Open Sys.

<year>2000

<volume>7

<given_name>V. P.

<surname>BAlaji

<first_page>101

[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys.
7, 101 (2000).

The above html missed reference id no and red mark portion i want opening and closing element for bold and italic.

Journal

<reference id=[1]>

<abbrev_title>Open Sys.

<year>2000

<volume>7

<given_name>V. P.

<surname>BAlaji

<first_page>101

<original_text>[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7, 101 (2000).

Kindly look at this for the above output.

Thanks.

mhkay · December 9th, 2010, 05:01 AM

Please use code tags as requested. I think the code I am seeing here is not what you pasted, because you didn't mark it up correctly. This makes it difficult to understand your problem.

RockBal · December 9th, 2010, 08:35 AM

Hi,

I applied your coding it woking fine. But i want one more help for the below our coding.

XML Coding:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Preview-XML XREF b1.0.xsl"?>
<references>
<reference id="[1]">
<journal>
<journal_metadata>
<full_title></full_title>
<abbrev_title>Open Sys.</abbrev_title>
<issn></issn>
<coden></coden>
</journal_metadata>
<journal_issue>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year>2000</year>
</publication_date>
<journal_volume>
<volume>7</volume>
</journal_volume>
<issue></issue>
<special_numbering></special_numbering>
</journal_issue>
<journal_article>
<titles>bb
<title></title>
</titles>
<contributors>
<person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
<given_name>V. P.</given_name>
<surname>BAlaji</surname>
<suffix></suffix>
</person_name>
<organization sequence="first|additional" contributor_role="author|editor|chair|translator"> </organization>
</contributors>
<publication_date>
<month></month>
<day></day>
<year></year>
</publication_date>
<pages>
<first_page>101</first_page>
<last_page></last_page>
<other_pages></other_pages>
</pages>
<doi_data>
<doi></doi>
<resource></resource>
</doi_data>
<comments>
<comment></comment>
</comments>
</journal_article>
<original_text>[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7, 101 (2000).</original_text>
</journal>
</reference>
<references>

XSL Coding
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
<xsl:template match="*[not(*) and normalize-space()]">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('<', local-name(), '>', .)"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[not(*) and not(normalize-space())]"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Current output:

<abbrev_title> Open Sys.

<year> 2000

<volume> 7

<given_name> V. P.

<surname> BAlaji

<first_page> 101

[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7
, 101 (2000).

Excepted output:

Journal(I want to show the journal text)

<reference id=[1]> (I want to show reference id)

<abbrev_title>Open Sys.

<year>2000

<volume>7

<given_name>V. P.

<surname>BAlaji

<first_page>101

<original_text>[1] V. P. BAlaji, Open Sys. 7(no need to newline. the original text element text to show single line), 101 (2000).

Pls do the needful.