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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] XInclude: multiple <preface>s
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:04:43PM -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:06:43PM +0200, Michael Wiedmann wrote: > > I try to separate a large <book> into smaller XML file using XInclude. > > That works of course in general but how do I put several <prefaces>s > > into a separate XML file and XInclude it? > [...] > > If 'preface.xml' contains more than one <preface> (which is IMHO valid > > DocBook), then > > > > $ xmllint -xmllint book-master.xml > book.xml > > > > complains like: > > > > preface.xml:76: error: Extra content at the end of the document > > <preface id="download"> > > ^ > > XInclude: could not load preface.xml, and no fallback was found > > preface.xml is not an XML document. > > > Any workaround? > > The XIncluded parts must be well formed XML documents. That's > completely indepedant of the DocBook syntax, you don't have the > right to put multiple roots in an XML document, be it XIncluded or not. Slight correction. The document being pointed to must be well formed, but the parts being included do not. With a little creativity, you can work around this problem. Your preface document can be a <book> element that contains multiple prefaces. If your XInclude resolver handles basic XPointer syntax (like xsltproc does), then you can pull in the set of prefaces without the book element: <xi:include href="preface.xml#xpointer(/book/preface)" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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