I set up all my styles as collections of attributes in attribute sets, thus:
<xsl:attribute-set name="body">
<xsl:attribute name="font-size">11pt</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="font-family">serif</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="line-height">15pt</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">3pt</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">3pt</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>
I keep a whole collection of attribute sets in various files (one or more to a
client). Then I can write
<fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="body">paragraph content</fo:block>
and get all the attributes. This method GREATLY improves readability and
consistency, especially since I can share the same set of styles (in their own
file, remember) across multiple documents (such as all of a customer's user
guides).
To link the styles document to your main XSL transform, use the xsl:include
command, thus:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:transform version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; exclude-result-prefixes="fo xs">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="no"/>
<xsl:include href="globe-report-formats.xsl"/>
<!-- Your transforms here -->
</xsl:transform>
I hope that helps.
Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
----- Original Message -----
From: Potje rode kool
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: specify values for attribute once and then refer to it.
Hi,
Is it posible to specify on one place some values for attributes and then
refer to that, a bit like its done with css, where you create a class and
refer to it
with the class attribute in the html element?
Thanks.
Evert
