OK, I was able to solve this. My problem being that I forgot the varialbe_keywords.ditamap was not always *being processed* --- so it was an external file located in the temp output dir during processing. So, the solution is, set a path to the file: <!-- get the location of variable_keywords.ditamap --> <xsl:param name="PATH2PROJ"> <xsl:apply-templates select="/processing-instruction('path2project-uri')[1]" mode="get-path2project"/> </xsl:param> <xsl:param name="WORKDIR"> <xsl:apply-templates select="/processing-instruction('workdir-uri')[1]" mode="get-work-dir"/> </xsl:param> <xsl:variable name="VAR-FILE" select="concat($WORKDIR,$PATH2PROJ,'variable_keywords.ditamap')"/> Then use the doc() function to point to this external file: <xsl:comment> <xsl:value-of select="doc($VAR-FILE)/map/keydef[@keys='var_release_version']/topicmeta/keywords/keyword"/> </xsl:comment> If anyone knows a more elegant solution, feel free to post it back. Mary On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Mary Anthony <mary@platfora.com> wrote:
Hi,
I am adding a comment to each file that contains a release number. The release number is one of many variables defined in a *variable_keywords.ditamap* file. This file is a child of my main *ditamap*.
Using the XPath Builder, I tested and found this path located the node I needed. (Below is a pic showing the path succeeding.) When I encode this path in the dita2webhelp.xsl file, the transformation succeeds but the node's RELEASE_VERSION content is not output:
<xsl:comment> <xsl:value-of select="/map/keydef[@keys='var_release_version']/topicmeta/keywords/keyword"/>
</xsl:comment>
What am I doing wrong?
PICTURE SHOWING THE PATH [image: Inline image 1]
