Re: [xsl] Does the new structure include the same text content?

["Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you looked at using XSpec for this?

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 22 Jan 2021, at 11:29, ian.proudfoot@xxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am working on a project to convert several thousand SGML files (S1000D
1.7) into a more recent XML version (S1000D 4.1). My finished XSLT style sheet
does the job that is expected.  However during the development I did run into
a problem where an error in the stylesheet allowed the output to pass schema
validation but by omitting some content! For me thatbs very bad news and I
was lucky to notice it.  Ultimately the final output will be verified by the
subject matter experts, but I really donbt want to give them any reason to
doubt the reliability of the conversion.
>
> This got me thinking about ways to verify the output text content against
the input despite significantly different structure. Is there an established
way to do that? If so what is it called and how well does it work?
> Perhaps itbs something that I should build into the XSLT as it is written?
Or perhaps it could be run as a post process batch comparison operation?
>
> My initial thought is to output normalized text from input and output and
compare the resulting text filesb&
>
> Ibve searched the archives, but I probably donbt know the correct
terminology to get any useful resultsb&
>
> Thanks in advance for all responses.
> Ian
>
> Ian Proudfoot
> Bembridge
> Isle of Wight
> United Kingdom
>
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