Inserting XML String into XSLT between XSLT templates - xslt

Question

I have a problem on inserting XML strings into the XSLT I have. Particularly, I have a sample XML string here:
<md:People>
<md:Job>
<md:JobFunction>Actor</md:JobFunction>
<md:BillingBlockOrder>1</md:BillingBlockOrder>
</md:Job>
<md:Name>
<md:DisplayName language="en-US">Vice Ganda</md:DisplayName>
</md:Name>
</md:People>
and I want to insert it into the XSLT I have (see <!-- INSERT "People" Metadata XML STRING HERE -->):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:soa="urn:telestream.net:soa:core" exclude-result-prefixes='soa' version="1.0">
<xsl:variable name="basicContentID"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='basicContentID']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="movieTitle"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='movieTitle']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="releaseYear"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='releaseYear']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="releaseDate"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='releaseDate']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<mdmec:CoreMetadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:md="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.6/md" xmlns:mdmec="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6/mdmec-v2.6.xsd">
<mdmec:Basic ContentID="{/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='basicContentID']/text()}">
<md:LocalizedInfo language="{/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='metadataLanguage']/text()}">
<md:TitleDisplayUnlimited><xsl:value-of select="$movieTitle"/></md:TitleDisplayUnlimited>
</md:LocalizedInfo>
<!-- INSERT "People" Metadata XML STRING HERE -->
</mdmec:Basic>
<md:ReleaseYear><xsl:value-of select="$releaseYear"/></md:ReleaseYear>
<md:ReleaseDate><xsl:value-of select="$releaseDate"/></md:ReleaseDate>
</mdmec:CoreMetadata>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
...to have an XML output like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mdmec:CoreMetadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:md="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.6/md" xmlns:mdmec="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6/mdmec-v2.6.xsd">
<mdmec:Basic ContentID="md:cid:org:abs_cbn:StarCinema-BeautyAndTheBestie2015">
<md:LocalizedInfo language="en-US">
<md:TitleDisplayUnlimited>Beauty and The Bestie</md:TitleDisplayUnlimited>
</md:LocalizedInfo>
<!-- Where "People" Metadata should be appearing -->
<md:People>
<md:Job>
<md:JobFunction>Actor</md:JobFunction>
<md:BillingBlockOrder>1</md:BillingBlockOrder>
</md:Job>
<md:Name>
<md:DisplayName language="en-US">Vice Ganda</md:DisplayName>
</md:Name>
</md:People>
</mdmec:Basic>
<md:ReleaseYear><xsl:value-of select="$releaseYear"/></md:ReleaseYear>
<md:ReleaseDate><xsl:value-of select="$releaseDate"/></md:ReleaseDate>
</mdmec:CoreMetadata>
Basically, the XML string I wanted to insert is in between the <mdmec:basic> code, and defining an xslt template in-between the root is not allowed. How can I go through this?
Thanks for all your help in advance!
EDIT: I tried to reproduce the sample from this thread [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54535142/xml-string-to-xml-by-xslt] by re-creating the XML string I have:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>
<md:People>
<md:Job>
<md:JobFunction>Actor</md:JobFunction>
<md:BillingBlockOrder>1</md:BillingBlockOrder>
</md:Job>
<md:Name>
<md:DisplayName language="en-US">Vice Ganda</md:DisplayName>
</md:Name>
</md:People>
</Root>
...and inserted into the XSLT I have:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:soa="urn:telestream.net:soa:core" exclude-result-prefixes='soa' version="1.0">
<xsl:variable name="basicContentID"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='basicContentID']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="movieTitle"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='movieTitle']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="releaseYear"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='releaseYear']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="releaseDate"><xsl:value-of select="/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='releaseDate']/text()"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<mdmec:CoreMetadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:md="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.6/md" xmlns:mdmec="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.movielabs.com/schema/mdmec/v2.6/mdmec-v2.6.xsd">
<mdmec:Basic ContentID="{/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='basicContentID']/text()}">
<md:LocalizedInfo language="{/soa:Label/soa:Parameter[#name='metadataLanguage']/text()}">
<md:TitleDisplayUnlimited><xsl:value-of select="$movieTitle"/></md:TitleDisplayUnlimited>
</md:LocalizedInfo>
<xsl:template match="/Root">
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
</xsl:template>
</mdmec:Basic>
<md:ReleaseYear><xsl:value-of select="$releaseYear"/></md:ReleaseYear>
<md:ReleaseDate><xsl:value-of select="$releaseDate"/></md:ReleaseDate>
</mdmec:CoreMetadata>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
It appears to have an error: 'xsl:template' cannot be a child of the 'mdmec:Basic' element

Answer 1

If you manage to pass the XML string into your XSL transformation as a parameter, you can output it with escaping disabled:
<xsl:stylesheet ...>
<xsl:param name="xmlstring"/>
...
</md:LocalizedInfo>
<!-- INSERT "People" Metadata XML STRING HERE -->
<xsl:value-of select="$xmlstring" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</mdmec:Basic>
...