RE: embedded pipelines

Hi Vojtech,

(I assume you meant to reply to list.)

On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 03:16 -0500, Toman, Vojtech wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> You cannot do this with standard XProc out of the box, but you can get close by using p:viewport and the eval step (not part of XProc 1.0, but most XProc implementations provide some variant of it as an extension).
> 
> Given the input document:
> 
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>   <head><title>Title</title></head>
>   <body>
>     <my:query-and-transform>
>       <!-- options for this content chunk -->
>     </my:query-and-format>
>     <my:query-and-transform>
>       <!-- options for this content chunk -->
>     </my:query-and-transform>
>   </body>
> </html>
> 
> You might be able to do something like this:
> 
> <p:pipeline xmlns:my="... ">
>   <p:viewport match="my:query-and-transform">
>     <!-- ...apply the eval step to the embedded pipeline... -->
>   </p:viewport>
> </p:pipeline>
> 

Yes, that would be one workaround where p:eval is supported.

I originally implemented a p:viewport version of a template using id
values in the input document to indicate replaceable components. But
after extending the viewport invocation a few times to keep up with
changes in the template, it occurred to me that a better abstraction
would simplify and improve the whole thing.

I would still like the Xproc standard-writers to consider whether
p:replace-pipeline should be included among the v2 standard steps. And
I ask implementors if they see any big problem implementing
this sort of thing.

Regards,
--Paul


> Regards,
> Vojtech
> 
> --
> Vojtech Toman
> Consultant Software Engineer
> EMC | Information Intelligence Group
> vojtech.toman@emc.com
> http://developer.emc.com/xmltech
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Tyson [mailto:phtyson@sbcglobal.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:51 PM
> > To: Geert Josten
> > Cc: xproc-dev@w3.org
> > Subject: RE: embedded pipelines
> > 
> > Hi Geert,
> > 
> > Thanks for the pointers. I looked at
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/xproc-template/, and it is sort of what I have in
> > mind. However, I want to put entire pipelines in the template, not just
> > XPath expressions, as provided by p:template.
> > 
> > I cannot find any documentation for p:document-template in current
> > Calabash documentation. I only see references to it in mailing list
> > archive. It might be what I'm looking for.
> > 
> > For example:
> > 
> > <p:declare-step type="my:query-and-transform">
> >   <p:option name="query-text"/>
> >   <p:option name="transform-spec"/>
> >   <!-- everything needed to connect to data source, run the query, and
> >        transform the results -->
> >   <!-- these sorts of pipelines could be defined in any of
> >        several different ways, as appropriate for the application -->
> > </p:declare-step>
> > 
> > <px:replace-pipeline>
> >   <p:input port="source">
> >     <p:inline>
> >       <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> >        <head><title>Title</title></head>
> >        <body>
> >          <my:query-and-transform>
> >            <!-- options for this content chunk -->
> >          </my:query-and-format>
> >          <my:query-and-transform>
> >            <!-- options for this content chunk -->
> >          </my:query-and-transform>
> >        </body>
> >      </html>
> >     </p:inline>
> >   </p:input>
> > </px:replace-pipeline>
> > 
> > The effect of px:replace-pipeline (analagous to p:replace and
> > p:replace-string) would be to transform the input document by replacing
> > the embedded pipelines with their result documents.
> > 
> > Note that the embedded pipelines could themselves have templates as
> > input documents, allowing construction of template trees with very
> > flexible run-time behavior controlled by parameter inputs.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > --Paul
> > 
> > On Sat, 2013-11-09 at 14:22 +0100, Geert Josten wrote:
> > > Hi Paul,
> > >
> > > Could you give a small example?
> > >
> > > It does sound like related to p:document-template and p:template, but
> > > not sure if those extensions from XMLCalabash are still working, and
> > supported..
> > >
> > > Cheres,
> > > Geert
> > >
> > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > > Van: Paul Tyson [mailto:phtyson@sbcglobal.net]
> > > > Verzonden: zaterdag 9 november 2013 4:32
> > > > Aan: xproc-dev@w3.org
> > > > Onderwerp: embedded pipelines
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if this is in the Xproc standard (some parts are still
> > > > a mystery to me), or if it has been implemented anywhere, but I
> > > > wanted to put it out for comment.
> > > >
> > > > It would sometimes be convenient to embed pipeline steps in a
> > > > (non-xproc) XML document, and then perform an xproc step on the
> > > > document with the effect of replacing all the embedded pipelines
> > > > with their results. The input document would serve as a template,
> > > > with replaceable content specified by the pipeline steps.
> > > >
> > > > This would work like p:replace, except that the invocation would
> > not
> > > > specify what parts of the input document to work on or what to do
> > > > with
> > > > them: the "match" expression would be fixed to select all pipeline
> > > > steps in the input, and the "replacement" document would be the
> > > > result of evaluating each pipeline. The outer pipeline author and
> > > > the template authors would have to arrange for the embedded steps
> > > > and all resources to be known and available in the processing
> > context.
> > > >
> > > > For example, well-formed xhtml or xsl-fo documents could contain
> > > > pipeline steps that would expand to the intended content based on
> > > > parameter inputs. This approach would lend itself to easier
> > > > analysis, documentation, and maintenance than other popular
> > > > templating mechanisms.
> > > >
> > > > This is a similar concept to the "simplified" XSLT templates, by
> > > > which any XML document can be treated as an XSLT stylesheet, with
> > > > restrictions on the xslt features that can be included.
> > > >
> > > > If others think this might be useful, consider adding it to the
> > > > requirements for Xproc v2.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > --Paul
> > > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
>

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