tdt:document()

This function provides access to an external XML source document.

Signature

<document> tdt:document(<string>)

<string>

URL to the XML document. Supported URL schemas are file:, ftp: and http:. Depending on the repository configuration you may also be able to use features provided by the StoryTeller repository framework like wd:, otmm: and resource:.

Example

Data source

<data/>

Expected result

<xkcd> <item> <title>Efficiency</title> <link>http://xkcd.com/1445/</link> </item> <item> <title>Cloud</title> <link>http://xkcd.com/1444/</link> </item> <item> <title>Language Nerd</title> <link>http://xkcd.com/1443/</link> </item> <item> <title>Chemistry</title> <link>http://xkcd.com/1442/</link> </item> </xkcd>

Data template

<xkcd> <item> <title>?</title> <link>?</link> </item> </xkcd>

Data transformation

<tdt:rule path="/xkcd/item"> <tdt:value key=".">tdt:document('http://xkcd.com/rss.xml')/rss/channel/item</tdt:value> <tdt:value key="recurse">.</tdt:value> </tdt:rule>

Compiled transformation (data instance)

<tdt:rule path="/xkcd/item"> <tdt:value key=".">tdt:document('http://xkcd.com/rss.xml')/rss/channel/item</tdt:value> </tdt:rule> <tdt:rule path="/xkcd/item/link"> <tdt:value key=".">link</tdt:value> <tdt:value key="text()">text()</tdt:value> </tdt:rule> <tdt:rule path="/xkcd/item/title"> <tdt:value key=".">title</tdt:value> <tdt:value key="text()">text()</tdt:value> </tdt:rule>