I'm trying to write a simple XHTML to Simple Docbook translator (the input XHTML is a limited subset so it should be doable).
I have this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes" standalone="no"/>
<!--
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
-->
<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<!-- skip implicit tags-->
<xsl:template match="/html/body"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/html"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template>
<!-- paragraphs to sections converter -->
<xsl:template match="h2">
<xsl:variable name="title" select="generate-id(.)"/>
<section>
<title><xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/></title>
<xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*[generate-id(preceding-sibling::h2[1]) = $title and not(self::h2)]">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:for-each>
</section>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p">
<para><xsl:apply-templates select="*|text()"/></para>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="ul">
<itemizedlist><xsl:apply-templates select="li"/></itemizedlist>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ul[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="ol">
<orderedlist><xsl:apply-templates select="li"/></orderedlist>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ol[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="li">
<listitem><para><xsl:apply-templates select="*|text()"/></para></listitem>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
For this input
<html>
<body>
<p>First paragraph</p>
<p>Second paragraph</p>
<h2>First title</h2>
<p>First paragraph</p>
<p>Second paragraph</p>
<p>Third paragraph</p>
<h2>Second title</h2>
<p>First paragraph</p>
<ul>
<li>A list item</li>
<li>Another list item</li>
</ul>
<p>Second paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>
I expect this output
<para>First paragraph</para>
<para>Second paragraph</para>
<section>
<title>First title</title>
<para>First paragraph</para>
<para>Second paragraph</para>
<para>Third paragraph</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Second title</title>
<para>First paragraph</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>A list item</listitem>
<listitem>Another list item</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Second paragraph</para>
</section>
But I get
<para>First paragraph</para>
<para>Second paragraph</para>
<section><title>First title</title>First paragraphSecond paragraphThird paragraph</section>
<section><title>Second title</title>First paragraph
<listitem><para>A list item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Another list item</para></listitem>
Second paragraph</section>
For some reason, the template for my paragraphs and lists is not being applied. I'm guessing because the templates matching are the empty ones, but I need those to prevent duplicate tags outside section.
How can I make this work? TIA.
Use
<xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*[generate-id(preceding-sibling::h2[1]) = $title and not(self::h2)]">
<xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
</xsl:for-each>
or simply
<xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::*[generate-id(preceding-sibling::h2[1]) = $title and not(self::h2)]"/>
to process those elements you want to wrap into a section. But there will be a collision with your other templates so perhaps using a mode helps for the processing:
<xsl:template match="p" mode="wrapped">
<para><xsl:apply-templates select="*|text()"/></para>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="ul" mode="wrapped">
<itemizedlist><xsl:apply-templates select="li"/></itemizedlist>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ul[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="ol" mode="wrapped">
<orderedlist><xsl:apply-templates select="li"/></orderedlist>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ol[preceding-sibling::h2]"/>
<xsl:template match="li" mode="wrapped">
<listitem><para><xsl:apply-templates select="*|text()"/></para></listitem>
</xsl:template>