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An Example with XInclude and XPointer
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An Example with XInclude and XPointer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tomschr/xpointer-example
• Owner: tomschr
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-05-23T07:03:17.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-06-13T06:24:20.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-29T19:04:01.133Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: xinclude, xmllint, xpointer
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# XInclude and XPointer example

An Example with XInclude and XPointer and how to reference them using IDs.

Process the file with:

    $ xmllint --xinclude article.xml

The file `article.xml` contains different XIncludes and XPointers:

* `xi:include href="author.xml" xpointer="xpointer(element(/1)/*)"/>`

   This is kind of what we know from SLE. Here it means: Include

   the "author.xml" file, start with the root element and return all

   children

* ``

   Includes the file `author.xml`, points to the element with the `xml:id`

   "author" (that would be ``, the root element), and return

   all children.

* `xi:include xpointer="xpointer(id('editor')/*)"/>`

   This is something special: it doesn't have an href attribute! That

   means, it points to the current document (which is `article.xml`).

   The XPointer points to the element with the `xml:id` "editor" and

   returns all it's children.

* ``

   For the XML nerds. ;-) Includes the file `intro.xml`, and points to the section with the

   `xml:id` "sec.intro". Include all elements except the `title` element.

   Useful if you want to specify another title. Use sparingly!

   (The `xmlns()` expression is needed to define the DocBook 5 namespace

   for the XPointer.)