RE: [docbook-apps] Reusing <section> where a <chapter> should be - and the reverse

["Johnson, Eric" <Eric.Johnson@iona.com>]

I too have run into the same problem and resorted to using xincludes to
import all of the required paragraphs... It works but it is a pain. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Desjardins [mailto:pdesjardins@supplyscape.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:52 AM
> To: David Cramer (Tech Pubs); docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Reusing <section> where a 
> <chapter> should be - and the reverse
> 
> That xpointer did work perfectly.  Thank you!
> 
> This may be a question for the docbook list but is this a 
> common problem encountered when reusing content?  I've run 
> into it many times when making short excerpts of material in 
> larger technical references.
> 
> Now I have a working solution so I'm happy.  XMLMind won't 
> accept the syntax of the xpointer but since I'm actually 
> writing the content in other documents it doesn't matter.
> 
> Peter Desjardins
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Cramer (Tech Pubs) [mailto:dcramer@motive.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 09:39
> > To: Peter Desjardins; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Reusing <section> where a 
> <chapter> should 
> > be - and the reverse
> > 
> > Try this:
> > 
> > <chapter>
> >     <xi:include 
> href="docbook-file-containing-the-modular-content.xml"
> >                 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
> >  
> > xpointer="xpointer(//section[@id='IdOfTheSectionElement']/*)"/>
> > </chapter>
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > > Reading Chapter 22. Modular DocBook files in DocBook XSL 
> led me to 
> > > believe that the following xi:include could solve the
> > problem for me.  
> > > I expect it to include every child element of a <section>
> > element in
> > > the <chapter> element.
> > > 
> > > <chapter>
> > >     <xi:include
> > href="docbook-file-containing-the-modular-content.xml"
> > >                 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
> > >                 xpointer="element(IdOfTheSectionElement/*)" 
> > > /> </chapter>
> > > 
> > > But the xi:include fails.  I use xmllint to resolve
> > xi:includes.  It
> > > gives the following errors:
> > > 
> > > docbook-file-that-is-including.xml:11: element include: 
> > > XInclude error :
> > > XPointer evaluation failed: #element(IdOfTheSectionElement/*)
> > > docbook-file-that-is-including.xml:11: element include: 
> > > XInclude error :
> > > could not load
> > > docbook-file-containing-the-modular-content.xml, and no
> > fallback was
> > > found
> > > 
> > > Is my xpointer syntax incorrect?  Other xi:includes from the same 
> > > source file resolved without any trouble (they include entire 
> > > elements).
> > > 
> > > Is there a better way to reuse <section> and <chapter> 
> elements in 
> > > each other's hierarchical places?
> > > 
> > > In case it matters, here's my xmllint version:
> > > 
> > > $ xmllint --version
> > > xmllint: using libxml version 20626
> > >    compiled with: Threads Tree Output Push Reader Patterns Writer
> > > SAXv1 FTP HTTP DTDValid HTML Legacy C14N Catalog XPath XPointer 
> > > XInclude Iconv ISO8859X Unicode Regexps Automata Expr Schemas 
> > > Schematron Modules Debug
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help!
> > > 
> > > Peter Desjardins
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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