Question

I have a solution from an earlier post that was kindly provided by Dimitre Novatchev.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:my="my:my">
  <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
  <xsl:key name="kPhysByName" match="KB_XMod_Modules" use="Physician"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <result>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </result>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="/*/*/*[starts-with(name(), 'InfBy')]">
    <xsl:variable name="vCur" select="."/>
    <xsl:for-each select="document('doc2.xml')">
      <xsl:variable name="vMod" select="key('kPhysByName', $vCur)"/>
      <xsl:copy>
        <items>
          <item>
            <label>
              <xsl:value-of select="$vMod/Physician"/>
            </label>
            <value>
              <xsl:value-of select="$vMod/XModID"/>
            </value>
          </item>
        </items>
      </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I now need to use additional fields in my source XML and need the existing labels intact but I’m having problems getting this going.

<instance>
  <NewTag>Hello</newTag1>
  <AnotherNewTag>Everyone</AnotherNewTag>
  <InfBy1>Dr Phibes</InfBy1>
  <InfBy2>Dr X</InfBy2>
  <InfBy3>Dr Chivago</InfBy3>
</instance>

It drops the additional labels and outputs

<result xmlns:my="my:my">
  HelloEveryone 
  <items>
    <item>
      <label>Dr Phibes</label>
      <value>60</value>
    </item>
  </items>
  ...

I’ve been experimenting a lot with

<xsl:otherwise>
  <xsl:copy-of select=".">
  </xsl:copy-of>
</xsl:otherwise>

but being an xsl newbie I can’t seem to get this to work. I’ve a feeling I’m barking up the wrong tree!

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Will

Answer 1

Your NewTag and AnotherNewTag elements are matched by the Built-in Template Rules. If you want another kind of transformation you need to declare such rules.

need the existing labels intact

Then you are looking for the identity rule

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>