P.S. They style sheet declarations are not static. Some finding aids point to a slightly different sheet, for things like grant outputs. So, including another xsl:output element probably won't do the trick. I just want to keep what's already in the ead. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Nathan Tallman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Michele, > > Thanks for sending me your global change template. I was able to modify it > to include the DOCTYPE declaration. But, it's removing my stylesheet > declaration <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../common/html.xsl"?>. Is > there anyway to retain this? Otherwise, your merge style sheet does exactly > what I need it too, thanks! > > Thanks also to Michael and Dan! (Dan, I just made a typo with that extra > closing tag, but thanks for the catch.) > > Thanks again, > Nathan > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Michele R Combs <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Hi Nathan –**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have a style sheet – it’s only 18 lines – that does nothing but pass an >> EAD file through unchanged. You can then insert any desired code to do one >> single thing (such as this). It’s a bit like a denucleated cell: you can >> stick in any DNA you like and make all sort of different things come out :) >> It’s quite handy, and I’ve used it in the past to make global changes to our >> EAD files. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Some nice person on the EAD list gave it to me a while back but their name >> isn’t in the file and I can’t remember who it was (Mike Rush, maybe? Mark >> Matienzo?), so I can’t acknowledge them except anonymously: Thank you, >> whoever you were!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I can’t remember if the EAD list allows attachments so I’ll send it to you >> separately.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Michele**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On >> Behalf Of *Nathan Tallman >> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2011 10:39 AM >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* Stylesheet Help**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Is it possible to write an XSL stylesheet to flatten the controlled access >> terms? We'd like to shift from encoding like this:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> <controlaccess>**** >> >> <head>Search Terms</head>**** >> >> <note>**** >> >> <p>The following terms >> have been used to index the description of this collection in**** >> >> the American >> Jewish Archives's online catalog.</p>**** >> >> </note>**** >> >> <controlaccess>**** >> >> <head>Contributors</head> >> **** >> >> <persname source="lcnaf" >> encodinganalog="700" />**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> <controlaccess>**** >> >> <head>Subjects</head>**** >> >> <persname >> encodinganalog="600" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> <corpname >> encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> <subject source="lcsh" >> encodinganalog="650" />**** >> >> <occupation >> encodinganalog="656" source="lcsh" />**** >> >> <geogname >> encodinganalog="651" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> <controlaccess>**** >> >> <head>Genres</head>**** >> >> <genreform >> encodinganalog="655" source="lcsh">LCSH</genreform>**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> ** ** >> >> to this:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> <controlaccess>**** >> >> <head>Search Terms</head>**** >> >> <note>**** >> >> <p>The following terms >> have been used to index the description of this collection in**** >> >> the American >> Jewish Archives's online catalog.</p>**** >> >> </note> >> **** >> >> <persname source="lcnaf" >> encodinganalog="700" />**** >> >> <persname >> encodinganalog="600" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> <corpname >> encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> <subject source="lcsh" >> encodinganalog="650" />**** >> >> <occupation >> encodinganalog="656" source="lcsh" />**** >> >> <geogname >> encodinganalog="651" source="lcnaf" />**** >> >> <genreform >> encodinganalog="655" source="lcsh" />**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> </controlaccess>**** >> >> ** ** >> >> And let the HTML/PDF stylesheets do the sorting. Alas, I have about 800 >> finding aids encoded in the former example that need to be converted. Any >> help would be much appreciated!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Many thanks,**** >> >> Nathan**** >> > >