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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] nodetree to tablestructure
Take a look at the DocBook entrytbl element. It is for a table nested inside a table entry. 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 On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:52:59PM +0200, Jeroen Alblas wrote: > Hello, > > I'm writing XSLT code to turn XML data into a DocBook book. I'm stuck at > the moment trying to turn an XML node structure into a table. The XML is > representing a flow of actions. The "parallel" tag holds actionflows > that can occur simultaneously. > > Say I have the following XML structure: > > <tree id=1> > <action name="a1"/> > <action name="a2"/> > <parallel> > <tree id=2> > <tree id=3> > </parallel> > <action name="a3"/> > </tree> > > <tree id=2> > <action name="a4"/> > <action name="a5"/> > </tree> > > <tree id=3> > <action name="a6"/> > </tree> > > The table should something like this: > ------------------------------------------------- > | a1 | > ------------------------------------------------- > | a2 | > ------------------------------------------------- > | a4 | a6 | > ------------------------------------------------- > | a5 | <empty> | > ------------------------------------------------- > | a3 | > ------------------------------------------------- > > When transforming an XML tree like this to an HTML table, the nested > sturcture can be solved with nesting HTML tables. I believe this can't > be done with DocBook tables. > > The example is quite simple, but imagine the nesting to be more deeply. > The tree with ID 3 could contain another parallel tag, for instance. > > Maybe someone has had (and solved) this problem before. > > I've searched the DocBook documentation for tagsturctures that can > represent a tree structure, but alas. Understandable though, because > then you would have to create tags for all kind of diagrams I guess > (flowcharts, pieslices, what have you). > > Thnx! > Jeroen. > > > Disclaimer http://www.infosupport.com > *********************************************************************** > This E-Mail Message is intended exclusively for the addressee. If the > E-Mail was sent to you in error, please notify the sender immediately > by replying to this E-mail. We would then request you to destroy the > E-Mail and neither to use nor disclose the contents in any manner to > third parties, as the message could contain confidential information > which may be protected by the professional secrecy act. > > This footnote also confirms that this E-mail message has been swept for > computer viruses. > *********************************************************************** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > --
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