Applying My XSL to a Public XML URL

[Brad (23)]

How do I apply my own template to an XML file that is hosted on another server? The only way I see to apply a template is to have the XML response include the instruction for loading the specific XSL, but I can't control the XML file. I basically want to apply my own template to a dynamic XML file that somebody else controls.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

How do I apply my own template to an XML file that is hosted on another server? The only way I see to apply a template is to have the XML response include the instruction for loading the specific XSL, but I can't control the XML file. I basically want to apply my own template to a dynamic XML file that somebody else controls.

Can't you just supply the name of the xsl file directly to your xslt processor?

 

[Brad (23)]

Can't you just supply the name of the xsl file directly to your xslt processor?

Is there a way to use an XSLT processor by default? I'd like to be able to double click on a local file and have it transform the remote XML and display it.

 

[Kelly White]

You could create an other xml

xml

<file>
<remotexml>path to public xml</remotexml>
</file>

and apply the xsl to this xml file and load the public xml using the document function.

 

[Brad (23)]

Can you give me more detail on how this is done?

You could create an other xml

xml

<file>
<remotexml>path to public xml</remotexml>
</file>

and apply the xsl to this xml file and load the public xml using the document function.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

You could create an other xml

xml

<file>
<remotexml>path to public xml</remotexml>
</file>

and apply the xsl to this xml file and load the public xml using the document function.

I didn't find any document XPath function.
Another option might be to use XInclude, assuming your xslt processor supports it:

<file xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <xi:include href="path to public xml" /> </file>