Not sure why format would be so inconsistent but from memory the spec for it is…complex. Meantime, you can use the round function (ref). Which is less than perfect, but is functional. If you need to have a particular number of sig figs you can use THE POWER OF MATHS! and do something like: <xsl:value-of … Read more
In your XML, you either need to: A. Remove the sample: prefix from sample:school or B. Change the xmlns=”http://www.example.com” to xmlns:sample=”http://www.example.com” and add the sample: prefix to the rest of the elements (<sample:element1>, <sample:element2>, etc.)
By padding the @class value with leading and trailing spaces, you can test for the presence of ” foo ” and ” bar ” and not worry about whether it was first, middle, or last, and any false positive hits on “food” or “barren” @class values: /bookstore/book[contains(concat(‘ ‘,@class,’ ‘),’ foo ‘) and not(contains(concat(‘ ‘,@class,’ ‘),’ … Read more
–format is used only to format (indent, etc) the document. You can do that using –xpath (tested in Ubuntu, libxml v20900): $ xmllint –xpath “//project/parent/version/text()” pom.xml 1.5.0
“Normative” means that it’s an official formal part of the specification; non-normative means that it’s there to be helpful and aid understanding, but you can’t appeal to it in a court of law (so to speak). I’m afraid that specifications from standard bodies like W3C, just like legal contracts, are written in formal language that … Read more
An XPath expression starting with / is always referring to the root element. Look here for the syntax and some useful sample queries If you want to select the root element itself, simply use /<element name> or /*
Try this: <xsl:template match= “A | B” > See this page for details.
Overview SOAP is a messaging protocol and in a nutshell is just another XML language. Its purpose is the data exchange over networks. Its concern is the encapsulation of these data and the rules for transmitting and receiving them. HTTP is an application protocol and SOAP messages are placed as the HTTP payload. Although there … Read more
http://free.editix.com/download.html Powerfull tool! Edit: Since people are having issues reading the comment section. This app is not free anymore. Original answer is from 2010. They have a community edition that is still free but you have to compile it yourself with Java: https://github.com/AlexandreBrillant/Editix-xml-editor
This natural parse/validate activity seems natural in XML and make me wonder why this is not the case in JSON. Remember what made JSON famous: web applications with a very rich user interface written in JavaScript. JSON was perfect for that because data from the server mapped directly on JavaScript objects; hit a GET URL … Read more