Some basic code for outputting <dao> elements to HTML was published
in 2001, and should probably be considered the starting point for
anyone trying to do this. The citation to the article is:

Prom, Christopher J. "Extending the capabilities of the EAD
cookbook." OCLC Systems & Services, v. 17, n. 2 (2001), p. 89-95.

An adaptation, done by OSU's much-missed Web librarian, was done this
way, reflecting the <daogrp>'s location inside a <c02><did>:

<xsl:for-each select="../parent::*/daogrp/daoloc">
<xsl:element name="a">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="@href" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates />
<br/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>

As Michael Rush and Michael Fox have explained, changes have to be
made depending on how the EAD is structured, and what the desired
output would look like. Fox's example used an <xsl:template> rather
than an <xsl:for-each>; either of these approaches could make sense
depending on the context.

Anyone with useful variations on the basic instructions might want to
post them to this list. I think they'd get a lot of use.

Amy


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Amy McCrory
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