[XML-SIG] XSLT sorting by "authors" element, with multiple authors

[Paul Tremblay]

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 09:42:19PM -0400, Thomas B. Passin wrote:
> 
> [Jon Berry]
> >...
> > In initial searches, it looked like the   xsl:for-each-group
> > and/or xsl:function constructs might help, but they don't seem
> > to be supported by the current PyXML/4Suite implementations.
> >
> > So, with the constraint that I'm trying to avoid buying a book for now,
> > is this doable using templates, easy, and currently implementable
> > with free software?
> >
> 
> Best to go to the Mulberry xslt list with xslt questions!  The two
> instructions you mention are not in xslt1.0 but rather in the draft xslt2.0.
> It seems unlikely that the 4Thought people will ever have much interest in
> getting 4xslt conformant with xslt2.0, so you need another approach.

Why is this? 

Paul

> 
> Your problem is a grouping problem, and most grouping problems can be solved
> with xslt1.0 - you have to learn a few patterns that people have discovered,
> and sometimes be a little creative, but you can generally solve them.  Check
> the FAQs, including Jeni Tennison's web site.
> 
> If all else fails, you can accomplish your task by using a 2-pass process.
> Use one stylesheet to do an intermediate transform, then a final one to do
> the rest (which may at that point just be the sorting).
> 
> The latest version of Mike Kay's Saxon supports good parts of the draft 2.0
> Rec.  You could use it from Python by means of a system call.  Bear in mind,
> though, that xslt2.0 is not completely stable yet, and also there are some
> subtle (and some not-so-subtle, but those are less likely to cause problems)
> differences between similar constructions in 1.0 and 2.0.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom P
> 
> 
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