Thanks for all the suggestions folks, other things at work have prevented me from working on this quite yet but there is a lot of helpful advice and suggestions here so thanks. As a note on the <xsl:for-each> that is actually the default dc_oai.xsl file for DSpace and not my own work so feel free to ding the folks over there for that choice. This gives me a better feel for how XSLT hands conditionals and some ideas on how to tackle it. Though I would be curious to ask if there is a reason to default to <xsl:if> vs. <xsl:choose>? I'm not sure that I necessarily need a switch to fix this problem but I want to hear the thought process so I know how to better think over these options in the future.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Boheemen, Peter van <peter.vanbohee...@wur.nl> wrote: > You should use a template that is only applied when the specified field is > there. These templates in xslt are applied automatically only if the field is > there: > > <xsl:template > match="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='publication']/doc:element[@name='volume']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"> > <xsl:text>Vol. </xsl:text > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </xsl:template> > > If the field is defined, but empty you should do: > > <xsl:template > match="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='publication']/doc:element[@name='volume']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"> > <xsl:if test="not(.='')"> > <xsl:text>Vol. </xsl:text > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:template> > > Xslt is not a procedural language, you should hardly ever use <xsl:for-each> > > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt > Sherman > Sent: dinsdag 2 juni 2015 21:35 > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] XSLT Advice > > Cool. I talked to Ron via phone so I am getting a better picture, but I am > still happy to take more insights. > > So the larger context. I inherited a DSpace instance with three custom > metadata fields which actually have some useful publication information, > though they improperly titled them in by associating them with a dc prefix > but there were two many to fix quickly and they haven't broken DSpace yet so > we continue. So I added to the XSL to pull the data within the the custom > fields to display "publication name" Vol. "publication volume" Issue > "publication issue". That worked really well until I realized that there was > no conditional so even when the fields are empty I still get: > <dc:identifier>Vol. > Issue</dc:identifier> > > So here are the Custom Metadata fields: > > dc.publication.issue > dc.publication.name > dc.publication.volume > > > Here is the customized XSLT, with dc.identifier added for context of what the > rest of the sheet looks like. > > <!-- dc.identifier --> > <xsl:for-each > select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='identifier']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"> > <dc:identifier><xsl:value-of select="." /></dc:identifier> > </xsl:for-each> > > <!-- dc.identifier.* --> > <xsl:for-each > select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='identifier']/doc:element/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"> > <dc:identifier><xsl:value-of select="." /></dc:identifier> > </xsl:for-each> > > <!-- dc.publication fields to dc.identifier --> <dc:identifier><xsl:value-of > select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='publication']/doc:element[@name='name']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"/><xsl:text> > Vol. </xsl:text><xsl:value-of > select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='publication']/doc:element[@name='volume']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"/><xsl:text> > Issue </xsl:text><xsl:value-of > select="doc:metadata/doc:element[@name='dc']/doc:element[@name='publication']/doc:element[@name='issue']/doc:element/doc:field[@name='value']"/></dc:identifier> > > > Ron suggested that using choose and when and that does seem to make the most > sense. The other trickiness is that I have found that some of these fields > as filled when others are blank, such as their being a volume but not an > issue. So I need to figure out how to test multiple fields so that I can > have it display differently dependent on what has data or not at all none of > the fields are filled, which is the case in items such as posters. > > So any thoughts would help. Thanks. > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Wick, Ryan <ryan.w...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: >> I agree with Stuart, post the example here. >> >> Or if you want more real-time chat there's always #code4lib IRC. >> >> For an XSLT resource, Dave Pawson's site is great: >> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/sect21.html >> >> Ryan Wick >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf >> Of Stuart A. Yeates >> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:46 AM >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] XSLT Advice >> >> There are a number of experienced xslt'ers here. Post your example to the >> group so we can all learn. >> >> Cheers >> Stuart >> >> On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Matt Sherman <matt.r.sher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am making a few corrections on an oai_dc.xslt file for our DSpace >>> instance I slightly botched modifying to integrate some custom >>> metadata into a dc.identifier citation in the OAI-PMH harvest. I >>> need to get proper conditionals so it can display and harvest the >>> metadata correctly and not run when there is no data in those fields. >>> I have a pretty good idea what I need to do, and if this were like >>> JavaScript or Python I could probably muddle through. The trouble is >>> that I don't know the conditional syntax for XSLT quite well enough >>> to know what I can do and thus need to do. Plus the online resources >>> for learning/referencing XSLT for this are a bit shallow for what I >>> need hence asking the group. So if there is anyone who knows XSLT >>> really well that would be willing to talk with me for a bit to help >>> me work through what I need to get the syntax to work like I want I >>> would appreciate it. Thanks. >>> >>> Matt Sherman >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> ...let us be heard from red core to black sky
