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Hi, I'm trying to get the alt text from this bit of docbook xml:
<inlineequation>
<inlinemediaobject remap="math">
<alt>$F$</alt>
<imageobject>
<imagedata depth="0px"
fileref="images/geneug_whatsnew0001.png"
contentwidth="10px" contentdepth="10px" role="math" />
</imageobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</inlineequation>

With this selector:
<xsl:template match="d:inlineequation/d:inlinemediaobject/
d:imageobject/d:imagedata[@depth]">
<xsl:element name="img">
<xsl:attribute name="alt"><xsl:value-of select="../../alt"/></
xsl:attribute>
etc....

In my Xpath visualizer the path looks right:
//inlineequation/inlinemediaobject/imageobject/imagedata[@depth]/../../
alt

but my stylesheet never renders the alt text. When I use the selector
in the xsl:template using the [@depth] attribute, is the attribute or
the element selected?

Just trying to figure out what is going on.
thanks,
--Tim Arnold

T wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to get the alt text from this bit of docbook xml:
> <inlineequation>
> <inlinemediaobject remap="math">
> <alt>$F$</alt>
> <imageobject>
> <imagedata depth="0px"
> fileref="images/geneug_whatsnew0001.png"
> contentwidth="10px" contentdepth="10px" role="math" />
> </imageobject>
> </inlinemediaobject>
> </inlineequation>
>
> With this selector:
> <xsl:template match="d:inlineequation/d:inlinemediaobject/
> d:imageobject/d:imagedata[@depth]">
> <xsl:element name="img">
> <xsl:attribute name="alt"><xsl:value-of select="../../alt"/></
> xsl:attribute>

The use of the 'd' prefix on the other elements suggests a namespace
applies so you want
../../d:alt

Also note that your code is rather verbose, literal result elements and
attribute value templates are shorter e.g.
<img alt="{../../d:alt}" />


--

Martin Honnen
http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/

On Jul 15, 11:57*am, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> T wrote:
> > Hi, I'm trying to get the alt text from this bit of docbook xml:
> > <inlineequation>
> > <inlinemediaobject remap="math">
> > <alt>$F$</alt>
> > <imageobject>
> > * <imagedata depth="0px"
> > * * * fileref="images/geneug_whatsnew0001.png"
> > * * * contentwidth="10px" contentdepth="10px" role="math" />
> > </imageobject>
> > </inlinemediaobject>
> > </inlineequation>
>
> > With this selector:
> > <xsl:template match="d:inlineequation/d:inlinemediaobject/
> > d:imageobject/d:imagedata[@depth]">
> > * <xsl:element name="img">
> > * * <xsl:attribute name="alt"><xsl:value-of select="../../alt"/></
> > xsl:attribute>
>
> The use of the 'd' prefix on the other elements suggests a namespace
> applies so you want
> * *../../d:alt
>
> Also note that your code is rather verbose, literal result elements and
> attribute value templates are shorter e.g.
> * *<img alt="{../../d:alt}" />
>
> --
>
> * * * * Martin Honnen
> * * * *http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/

Hi Martin,
I am getting old and forgetful. Thanks for pointing out I had omitted
the namespace abbreviation. That was the problem of course...

Thanks also for the comment about the verbosity. I did not know I
could use such a simple syntax. The books I have on XSLt show the
verbose method, which is where I learned it. However, the stylesheet
fragment I posted is for creating HTML 4.0 instead of XHTML; I think
that means I must use the verbose method, correct? (since <img ... />
is illegal in HTML 4.)

thanks for your help,
--Tim Arnold

T wrote:

> Thanks also for the comment about the verbosity. I did not know I
> could use such a simple syntax. The books I have on XSLt show the
> verbose method, which is where I learned it. However, the stylesheet
> fragment I posted is for creating HTML 4.0 instead of XHTML; I think
> that means I must use the verbose method, correct? (since <img ... />
> is illegal in HTML 4.)

No, the stylesheet creates a result tree which is then optionally
serialized according to the rules of the output method and that way,
whether you use
<xsl:element name="img"/>
or
<img/>
that simply creates an "img" element in the result tree and when that is
serialized with output method="html" the serialization takes care of
outputting
<img>
according to HTML rules.


--

Martin Honnen
http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/

On Jul 15, 2:11*pm, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> T wrote:
> > Thanks also for the comment about the verbosity. I did not know I
> > could use such a simple syntax. The books I have on XSLt show the
> > verbose method, which is where I learned it. *However, the stylesheet
> > fragment I posted is for creating HTML 4.0 instead of XHTML; I think
> > that means I must use the verbose method, correct? (since <img ... />
> > is illegal in HTML 4.)
>
> No, the stylesheet creates a result tree which is then optionally
> serialized according to the rules of the output method and that way,
> whether you use
> * *<xsl:element name="img"/>
> or
> * *<img/>
> that simply creates an "img" element in the result tree and when that is
> serialized with output method="html" the serialization takes care of
> outputting
> * *<img>
> according to HTML rules.
>
> --
>
> * * * * Martin Honnen
> * * * *http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/

Wow, thanks for that information. I'll start changing my coding now--
it's much easier to understand the way you wrote it.

thanks again,
--Tim Arnold