RE: [docbook-apps] Assigning Default Role Values to Elements

For the short term, you might be able to get what you want 
using xsl:apply-imports in your customization layer:

 

<xsl:template match="chapter">

    <div 
class="foo">

        
<xsl:apply-imports/>

    </div>

</xsl:template>

 

That way you get to wrap the chapter in your div without 
touching the docbook xsls. Of course you end up with a bunch of extra divs 
:-)

 

David

  

  
  From: Bob Stayton [mailto:] 
  
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:20 AM
To: Miller, Ray 
  (Centech); 
Subject: Re: 
  [docbook-apps] Assigning Default Role Values to Elements

  

  
OK, now I understand.  I don't know of an 
  easy way to do what you are looking for with the current stylesheets.  
  There are dozens of instances of these in the HTML stylesheets:

  
 

  
    <div class="{name(.)}"> 
  

  
 

  
and 

  
 

  
    <span 
  class="{name(.)}">

  
 

  
(actually, those should be local-name() for DB5 
  now that I look at it).

  
 

  
To get different class attributes, you would have 
  to replace each of those with a template that generates the class 
  attribute:

  
 

  
<div>

  
  <apply-templates select="." 
  mode="html.class"/>

  
 

  
 

  
The default version of that mode would 
  be:

  
 

  
<xsl:template match="*" 
  mode="html.class">

  
  <xsl:attribute 
  name="class">

  
    <xsl:value-of 
  select="local-name(.)"/>

  
  </xsl:attribute>

  
</xsl:template>

  
 

  
But you could customize that mode to output your 
  enterprise class names for specific elements.

  
 

  
This would make a fine feature request.  
  8^)

  
 

  
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting


  
 

  
 

  
    
----- Original Message ----- 

    
From: 
    Miller, Ray 
    (Centech) 

    
To:  
    

    
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:33 
    AM

    
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Assigning 
    Default Role Values to Elements

    

    

    
Second sentence 
    should read ‘… for specific elements’ not 
    attributes.

    
 

    

    

    
    

    
From: 
    Miller, Ray (Centech) 
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:30 
    AM
To: 
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Assigning 
    Default Role Values to Elements

    
 

    

    
>>One can write CSS 
    selectors to match on these default class values.  It looks like you 
    are looking to override the default class values with other values using the 
    role attribute.  Is that because you want the authors to be able to 
    assign different styles to different chapter titles?  Your example only 
    showed one style, so I wasn't sure if that's what you intended.<< 

    
 

    
CSS class selectors 
    are pre-defined by the enterprise. So yes, wish to override class selectors 
    for specific attributes. Currently do so with phrase, emphasis and para 
    elements; wish to accomplish this transparently though a stylesheet 
    customization. As for the chapter and section titles, they must too conform 
    to the enterprise CSS which does not rely on <h1> <h2> 
    <h3> … for chapter and section title formatting in user content areas, 
    instead utilizing custom CSS class selector names. What I wish to accomplish 
    is a stylesheet customization that conforms to the enterprise’s CSS without 
    having to apply role=  in elements or wrapping Chapter and Section 
    titles with phrase elements. In short, transparent enterprise CSS 
    conformance. This is a MAJOR issue that must be resolved for DocBook 
    enterprise Internet and Intranet acceptance; authors need to focus on 
    artifact content and structure only; presentation must be pre-defined and 
    transparently conformant.

    
 

    
Ray