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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SCENE>
<TITLE>title 1</TITLE>
<STAGEDIR>Enter</STAGEDIR>
<SPEECH>
<SPEAKER>I</SPEAKER>
<LINE>A</LINE>
<LINE>A</LINE>
<LINE>C</LINE>
<LINE>B</LINE>
<LINE>H</LINE>
<LINE>A</LINE>
</SPEECH>
</SCENE>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="SPEECH">
<tr>
<xsl:for-each-group select="*"
group-adjacent="if (self::SPEAKER) then 0 else 1">
<td valign="top">
<xsl:for-each select="current-group()">
<xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()"><br/></xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</td>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title><xsl:value-of select="SCENE/TITLE"/></title>
</head>
<body>
<h1><xsl:value-of select="SCENE/TITLE"/></h1>
<xsl:apply-templates select="SCENE"/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ACT">
<h2><xsl:value-of select="TITLE"/></h2>
<xsl:apply-templates select="* except TITLE"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="SCENE">
<table>
<xsl:variable name="sequence" as="element()*">
<xsl:for-each-group select="* except TITLE"
group-adjacent="if (self::SPEAKER)
then 'SPEAKERS' else 'LINES'">
<xsl:element name="{current-grouping-key()}">
<xsl:copy-of select="current-group()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:for-each-group select="$sequence" group-starting-with="SPEAKERS">
<tr>
<xsl:for-each select="current-group()">
<td valign="top">
<xsl:for-each select="*">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()"><br/></xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</td>
</xsl:for-each>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="STAGEDIR">
<i>  <xsl:value-of select="."/></i>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>title 1</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>title 1</h1>
<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Enter<br>
I
A
A
C
B
H
A
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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