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I am trying to brush up on my XML skills and was taking a course on it. There is one where I am tasked to create a XML transform from an XML instance that contains APA and MLA citations.
This is where I am stuck, I have set up my XPaths but, not sure if they are set up properly. Also looking at the transform provided to me I am not sure where to put each value-of statement to get the correct results.
Any help and explanation would be greatly appreciated!
My Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bibliography xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bibliography.xsd" styleToOutput="APA and MLA">
<article>
<authors>
<author>
<lastName>Devine</lastName>
<otherNames>Patricia G.</otherNames>
<otherInitials>P.G.</otherInitials>
</author>
<author>
<lastName>Sherman</lastName>
<otherNames>Steven J.</otherNames>
<otherInitials>S.J.</otherInitials>
</author>
</authors>
<title>Intuitive Versus Rational Judgment and the Role of Stereotyping in the Human Condition: Kirk or Spock?</title>
<parent type="Periodical">
<title>Psychological Inquiry</title>
<volume>3</volume>
<number>2</number>
<date>1992</date>
<pages>153-159</pages>
</parent>
</article>
</bibliography>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="UTF-8" method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Bibliography Formatter</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Output in <xsl:value-of select="bibliography/@styleToOutput"/> Style</h1>
<xsl:for-each select="//article">
<xsl:if test="contains(/bibliography/@styleToOutput, 'APA')">
<h2>APA Style</h2>
<p>
<xsl:for-each select="/parent">
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()">, & </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each> (). <xsl:value-of select="/title"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<i></i>, </p>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="contains(/bibliography/@styleToOutput, 'MLA')">
<h2>MLA Style</h2>
<p>
<xsl:for-each select="/authors/author">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position()=1">
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>, and <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each></p>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Expected output
672
The code below doesn't do pixel-perfect render, but you should get the idea and complete it the way you need.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="UTF-8" method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Bibliography Formatter</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Output in <xsl:value-of select="bibliography/@styleToOutput"/> Style</h1>
<xsl:for-each select="//article">
<xsl:if test="contains(/bibliography/@styleToOutput, 'APA')">
<h2>APA Style</h2>
<p>
<xsl:call-template name="drawAuthors"/>
<xsl:for-each select="parent">
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()">, & </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each> (). <xsl:value-of select="title"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<i></i>, </p>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="contains(/bibliography/@styleToOutput, 'MLA')">
<h2>MLA Style</h2>
<p>
<xsl:call-template name="drawAuthors"/>
<xsl:value-of select="title"/>
</p>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="drawAuthors">
<xsl:for-each select="authors/author">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position()=1">
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>, and <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:value-of select="lastName"/>
<xsl:value-of select="otherInitials"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
answered Aug 24 '26 00:08
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