RE: [docbook-apps] Path resolution problem when using xi:include

["Jeff Hooker" <Jeff_Hooker@pmc-sierra.com>]

I'd suggest *defining* the parsing of the xinclude element rather than just going with the default. I'd start by parsing the xinclude as text (parse="text") and seeing if that prevents the parser from messing with the content. See  "4.2 Included Items when parse="xml" and  "4.3 Included Items when parse="text""  at http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/#processing

 

This could also easily be bad advice. I just kind of flail my way out of situations like this.

 

Jeff.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Christophe Kautzmann [mailto:jkautzma@day.com]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 1:05 PM
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [docbook-apps] Path resolution problem when using xi:include

Hi there,

I use following versions:
- Docbook 5.0
- saxon 6.5.*
- DocBook XSL stylesheets 1.72.0

I include in my howto_website.xml (which is a chapter document) some code snippet from the topnav.jsp file as follows:

<chapter status="draft" version="5.0" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
      xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
      xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
...
          <programlisting><textobject>
              <textdata fileref="../../../checkout/topnav.jsp"></textdata>
            </textobject></programlisting>
...
</chapter>

When I process howto_website.xml the generated pdf contains the code snippet from topnav.jsp as expected.

Then I include howto_website.xml in howto_all.xml (which is a book document) as follows:

<book status="draft" version="5.0" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
      xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
      xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
...
  <xi:include href="../howto_website/howto_website.xml" />
</book>

My folder structure looks as follows:
C:\SVNdocumentation\product\docs\checkout\topnav.jsp
C:\SVNdocumentation\product\docs\src\docbook\howto_all\howto_all.xml
C:\SVNdocumentation\product\docs\src\docbook\howto_website\howto_website.xml

The build is successful for this document but the generated pdf DOES NOT contain the code snippet.
I get following message on the command line:
"Cannot read file://C:/checkout/topnav.jsp"

Instead of resolving to //C:/SVNdocumentation/product/docs/checkout/topnav.jsp, it resolves to //C:/checkout/topnav.jsp which is an invalid path.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks,
Jean-Christophe