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RE: following ID references (was untitled)
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- Subject: [xsl] RE: following ID references (was untitled)
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:04:25 +0100
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>
> <graph_catalogue>
> <graph sec_ref="EAF" >
> <title> a graph </title>
> </graph>
>
> <section id="EAF" >
> <sec_head> a person </sec_head>
> </section>
> </graph_catalogue>
>
> I want to use XSL in a similar fashion to a database query.
> Given the title
> of the graph, I want to get the name of the corresponding
> (via id) section
> head. Can someone please tell me how to do this?
>
If the <title> is the context node, and if "id" is an attribute of type ID,
you can get the <sec_head> as
id(../@sec_ref)/sec_head
Mike Kay
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