displaying xml in html

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March 12th, 2004, 02:34 PM

mcrrll

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displaying xml in html

here's the xml file that i'm working with:

Code:

<URI_protein pdb_id="1MCP">

	<attributes pdb_id="1MCP">
<header classification="IMMUNOGLOBULIN" deposition_date="09-JUL-84" pdb_id="1MCP"/>

	<compounds pdb_id="1MCP">
<compound compound_id="1">IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENT (MC/PC$603)</compound>
</compounds>

	<sources pdb_id="1MCP">
<source source_id="1">MOUSE (MUS $MUSCULUS)</source>
</sources>
</attributes>

	<annotation pdb_id="1MCP">

	<annotation_authors pdb_id="1MCP">
<author author_id="1" author_name="Y.SATOW"/>
<author author_id="2" author_name="G.H.COHEN"/>
<author author_id="3" author_name="E.A.PADLAN"/>
<author author_id="4" author_name="D.R.DAVIES"/>
</annotation_authors>

</annotation>
</URI_protein>

I want to display all this in an html page. Here's the code I have for the html:

Code:

<HTML>

<HEAD>
    <TITLE>Test XML</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
    <XML ID="dsoData" SRC="testxml.xml"></XML>

    <H2>TEST XML</H2>

    <SPAN DATASRC="#dsoData" DATAFLD="URI_protein">
    	<SPAN DATAFLD="$TEXT"></SPAN>
    	<SPAN DATAFLD="pdb_id"></SPAN>
    </SPAN>

    <SPAN DATAFLD="compound">
	<SPAN DATAFLD="$TEXT"></SPAN>
    </SPAN>
    
    
</BODY>
</HTML>

well this doesn't work, and nothing from the xml file is displayed. Please someone help me on this.

March 12th, 2004, 04:40 PM

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XML isn't accessed directly from HTML... you need to use XSL to transform the data in your XML file into HTML...

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March 13th, 2004, 01:36 PM

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I thought the same thing ... but when I read this post it looks like you can do what mcrrll is talking about in IE.

Here is the post: http://forums.devshed.com/t125681/s.html

I am also unable to get it to work. I even tried the example that W3Schools provides that is mentioned in the post I linked.

March 13th, 2004, 03:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MattSidesinger

Well, the last thing I'm going to do on a forum dedicated to open source technologies is promote or encourage a user to rely on a Microsoft-specific methodology for parsing XML into HTML.

March 16th, 2004, 10:16 AM

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I created an xml doc to display the xml. Here it is:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <body>
    <h2>Protein DATA</h2>
   
   <xsl:for-each select="URI_protein">
   URI Protein pdb id =
   <xsl:value-of select="@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Attributes of pdb id 
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Classification: 
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/header/@classification"/><BR/>
   Deposition Date:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/header/@deposition_date"/><BR/>
   Pdb id:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/header/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Compounds of pdb id:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/compounds/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Compound id:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/compounds/compound/@compound_id"/><BR/>
   Compound:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/compounds/compound"/><BR/>
   Sources of pdb id:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/sources/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Source id:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/sources/source/@source_id"/><BR/>
   Source:
   <xsl:value-of select="attributes/sources/source"/><BR/>
   Annotation for pdb id:
   <xsl:value-of select="annotation/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   Annotation authors for pdb id:
   <xsl:value-of select="annotation/annotation_authors/@pdb_id"/><BR/>
   
   Authors:<BR/>
   <xsl:for-each select="annotation/annotation_authors/author">
      <tr>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="@author_id"/></td>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="@author_name"/></td>
        <BR/>
      </tr>
      </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:for-each>

  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Now how do I display the xml? Do I have a link in html to the xml file and then will display it? Can I make any calls from html to get specific information from the xsl or xml?

March 16th, 2004, 02:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by drgroove

XML isn't accessed directly from HTML... you need to use XSL to transform the data in your XML file into HTML...

Actually, this is not entirely true. If he were to use "Data Islands", which at the moment are only fully supported by IE, he could definately do this.

See this link: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_data_island.asp

One thing to remember is that if you use data islands, only IE will display the information correctly. ( at least that is what I have seen ).

Regards,

jlk

March 16th, 2004, 02:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jlk

Again, thats a technique not supported by the W3C, and is currently a Microsoft-specific technique... re-read this post for my take on the issue:
http://forums.devshed.com/showpost....076&postcount=4

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