XSLT to process CBML

 

and output a special Reading View in HTML

preparing targets for internal links

(or your own project code, if not CBML)

It's always a namespace issue!

Check your XSLT root element! 

 

  • Is it set up to process your source file?

  • Look at your source file: Does it have a namespace (@xmlns) on its root element?

If YES

Your XSLT needs an

@xpath-default-namespace

to read the source file!

If you don't add one, nothing will process!

If NO

Your XSLT should NOT have an

@xpath-default-namespace

at ALL!

REMOVE it if it's there

or nothing will process!

Check your XSLT root element some more! 

 

  • What other namespaces are involved in your project?
     

  • If CBML, you have TWO namespaces to process: TEI and CBML. So add the @xmlns for CBML as well.
     

  • You also need an @xmlns for the output to be good xhtml (HTML in XML syntax).

Creating a reading view in HTML

  • Think about block elements like <section> and <div>
     
  • Use @class to classify the elements that share the same purpose.            
<section class="page"> 
   <div class="panel">
      
     <!-- contents of the panel 
         to output here -->
    
  </div>
</section>

Setting up a reading view for internal links

Planting @id attributes for link targets

Choose your HTML output elements carefully! 

Is your output valid HTML? 

It's easy to nest elements that aren't good HTML syntax!

 

In our example, <figure> and <div> must not nest inside <p>!