XSL Generation using an XML Schema

This project addresses the need of creating a base template of xsl:template elements. For each element in the schema, this XSL reads the title (a schematron element) and the elements children and creates a definition list for each element.

For instance, the element: 

            <xsd:element name="abstract" type="abstractType">
                <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:documentation>
                                Element: Abstract
                                Section: 1.2.1
                                Description: a brief narrative summary of the data set.
                        </xsd:documentation>
                        <xsd:appinfo>
                                <sch:title>Abstract</sch:title>
                        </xsd:appinfo>
                </xsd:annotation>
            </xsd:element>


would be converted into the xsl element:

<xsl:template match="abstract"><DT>Abstract:</DT><xsl:call-template name="abstractType_type"/></xsl:template>

and the complex type 

        <xsd:simpleType name="abstractType">
                <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:documentation>
                                Type: text
                                Domain: free text
                        </xsd:documentation>
                </xsd:annotation>
                <xsd:restriction base="FGDCstring"/>
        </xsd:simpleType>


would be converted to

<xsl:template name="abstractType_type"><DD><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/></DD></xsl:template>

and finally convert:

        <xsd:simpleType name="FGDCstring">
            <xsd:annotation>
                    <xsd:documentation>This type is for use with free text fields and restricts "xsd:string" to disallow empty or whitespace-only values.</xsd:documentation>
            </xsd:annotation>
            <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:pattern value="\s*\S(.|\n|\r)*"/>
            </xsd:restriction>
        </xsd:simpleType>


into:

<xsl:template name="FGDCstring_type"><DD><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/></DD></xsl:template>

One can override any template elements in the main XSL stylesheet.

Caveat

  • Will mishandle any nested (local) types more than 1 deep.
  • Does not support attributes.