Re: [docbook-apps] Resolving xi:include with xpointer="element()"

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Peter,
I think the problem now is that the included file's DTD is not being 
resolved properly.  xmllint does not automatically treat an attribute named 
"id" as an attribute of type ID, which the element() scheme requires.  The 
included file's DOCTYPE must resolve to the DocBook DTD in order for its id 
elements to be treated as type ID.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Desjardins" <pdesjardins@supplyscape.com>
To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>; <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Resolving xi:include with xpointer="element()"


Thanks for your help with this.  I've just gotten the latest packages
from Cygwin installed and xmllint will still not resolve my xpointers.
It gives me this error for each instance of xi:include.

$ xmllint -xinclude upgrade-excerpt.xml > resolved.xml
upgrade-excerpt.xml:25: element include: XInclude error : XPointer
evaluation failed: #element(UpgradePath)
upgrade-excerpt.xml:25: element include: XInclude error : could not load
upgrading.xml, and no fallback was found

XMLMind XXE is very happy with the syntax of it's own xi:include and it
finds that "upgrading.xml" is available.  This xmllint command was
executed in the directory with "upgrading.xml."

Does libxml version 20626 sound like the right tool?  Here's what Cygwin
claims to have:

$ 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

I'm trying to get xom running but have not gotten it set up correctly
yet.

Again, my thanks.

Peter Desjardins
SupplyScape Corporation
+1 781 503 7441
http://www.supplyscape.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 18:22
> To: Peter Desjardins; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Resolving xi:include with
> xpointer="element()"
>
> Hi Peter,
> Yes, libxml2 (xmllint and xsltproc) has supported the
> element() scheme of XPointer for some time.  It is mentioned
> in my book in this section:
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ModularDoc.html#XincludeSelect
>
> The XInclude driver in Elliotte Rusty Harold's XOM kit also
> supports the
> element() scheme.
>
> http://www.xom.nu/
>
> He says you can run it like this to resolve your XIncludes:
>
> java -cp xom-1.0b8.jar:xom-samples.jar
> nu.xom.samples.XIncludeDriver bookfile.xml  >  resolved.xml
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Desjardins" <pdesjardins@supplyscape.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:48 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Resolving xi:include with xpointer="element()"
>
>
> I am trying to resolve xi:includes that are inserted in my DocBook XML
> by XMLMind XML Editor (Standard Edition 3.5.0).  I have used the "copy
> as reference" feature of XXE to reference a child element in another
> document.  When I paste the referenced element into the document I am
> trying to publish, XXE adds this code:
>
>   <xi:include href="source-document.xml"
> xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
>               xpointer="element(IdOfMySection)" />
>
> This is a wonderful way to author my DocBook content.  But I am having
> trouble finding a way to resolve these xi:includes before passing the
> content into the Saxon processor.
>
> Is there a tool that will process xi:include elements that use
> xpointer="element()"?
>
> I've been poring through the list archives and DocBook XSL:
> The Complete
> Guide for some time, without finding one.  My latest hope is that
> updating my Cygwin installation with the latest libxml2 in the hopes
> that "xmllint --xinclude" will handle this xpointer.  Pardon me if I'm
> missing something obvious.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Peter Desjardins
> SupplyScape Corporation
> +1 781 503 7441
> http://www.supplyscape.com
>
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