Define entity in style sheet
File: Data.xml
<winelist>
<wine grape="Chardonnay">
<winery>shop 1</winery>
<product>product 1</product>
<year>1998</year>
<prices>
<list>6.99</list>
<discounted>5.99</discounted>
<case>71.50</case>
</prices>
</wine>
<wine grape="Chardonnay">
<winery>shop 2</winery>
<product>product 2</product>
<year>1997</year>
<prices>
<list>10.99</list>
<discounted>9.50</discounted>
<case>114.00</case>
</prices>
</wine>
</winelist>
File: Transform.xslt
<!DOCTYPE stylesheet [
<!ENTITY space "<xsl:text> </xsl:text>">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
<xsl:template match="wine">
<xsl:apply-templates select="winery" />
&space;
<xsl:apply-templates select="product" />
&space;
<xsl:apply-templates select="year" />
&space;
<xsl:apply-templates select="@grape" />
<xsl:if test="@grape = 'Chardonnay'">
<xsl:text>
other Chardonnays:
</xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each
select="preceding-sibling::wine[@grape = 'Chardonnay'] |
following-sibling::wine[@grape = 'Chardonnay']">
<xsl:sort select="winery" />
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="winery" />
&space;
<xsl:value-of select="product" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
shop 1 product 1 1998 Chardonnay
other Chardonnays:
shop 2 product 2
shop 2 product 2 1997 Chardonnay
other Chardonnays:
shop 1 product 1
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