Template to process relative URIs
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Template to process relative URIs

This style sheet defines a template rel:makeRelativeUri that can be used to transform a given URI (parameter from) relative to a given point, and make it relative from a different point (parameter to), assuming that this point is given as a URI relative to the same initial point (@@@ make that simpler and the style sheet more complete by dealing with absolute URI too?).

It outputs "nice" relative URIs, that is only going upwards (../) when needed, only using ./ when needed, etc.

It comes with a Unit test, to allow easier debugging; the test is obtained by running the style sheet against any XML, and the output is given through xsl:message.

See also another style sheet with a template to make absolute URIs.

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Dominique Hazaël-Massieux - $Id: makeRelativeUri.xsl,v 1.5 2006/10/17 21:40:27 ijacobs Exp $
foo bar/baz/toto bar/baz/toto foo/bar/doh bar/baz/toto ../../bar/baz/toto foo/bar/doh foo/ ../ foo/bar/doh foo/bar/ ./ foo/ foo/bar/doh bar/doh foo/bar/doh foo ../../foo foo/bar/doh foo/foo/bar ../foo/bar foo/../doh/bar foo/bar ../foo/bar foo/bar/../../doh/bar foo/bar ../foo/bar Starting Running test # -> failed: got , expected success! ./ ../ /