XSL to create folders based on attribute - xslt

Question

I am using XSL to transform XML to KML to be viewed in Google Earth. I would to be able to create folders for each "IT_Type" in the XML sample below
Currently, the XML is being transformed into a folder structure like this:
Point
VSS1
VSS2
Cab1
Cab2
DMS1
DMS2
Line
From:To:
From:To:
From:To:
It needs to be structured into folders like this, with a folder for each IT_Type under the Point and Line parent folders.
Point
VSS
VSS1
VSS2
Cabinet
Cab1
Cab2
DMS
DMS1
DMS2
Line
Handhole
From:To:
Cabinet
From:To:
Other
From:To:
What is the best way to go about setting up the XSL for this? Will performance be an issue on large data sets?
Any advice or code sample is appreciated.
Thank you.
Please see below for sample XML
<Parents>
<Point>
<Row IT_ID="116" IT_Name="VSS1" IT_Type="VSS" GPSLat="43.953000000000" GPSLong="-85.671800000000" />
<Row IT_ID="117" IT_Name="VSS2" IT_Type="VSS" GPSLat="43.966900000000" GPSLong="-85.678900000000" />
<Row IT_ID="122" IT_Name="Cab1" IT_Type="Cabinet" GPSLat="43.903100000000" GPSLong="-85.677100000000" />
<Row IT_ID="123" IT_Name="Cab2" IT_Type="Cabinet" GPSLat="43.913500000000" GPSLong="-85.677300000000" />
<Row IT_ID="254" IT_Name="DMS1" IT_Type="DMS" GPSLat="43.903100000000" GPSLong="-85.677100000000" />
<Row IT_ID="255" IT_Name="DMS2" IT_Type="DMS" GPSLat="43.989400000000" GPSLong="-85.676800000000" />
</Point>
<Line>
<Row LINE_ID="1117" IT_Type="Handhole" FROM_SYSTEM_ID="2127" TO_SYSTEM_ID="1947" FromLat="43.438474034300" FromLong="-83.195331982500" ToLat="43.437072542900" ToLong="-83.193657308800">
<Row2 LINE_ID="1117" CONDUIT_NUMBER="1" CONDUIT_TYPE="Fiber" FIBER_NUMBER="1" FIBER_TYPE="Trunk" STRANDS="96" />
<Row2 LINE_ID="1117" CONDUIT_NUMBER="2" CONDUIT_TYPE="Empty" FIBER_NUMBER="" FIBER_TYPE="" STRANDS="" />
<Row2 LINE_ID="1117" CONDUIT_NUMBER="3" CONDUIT_TYPE="Empty" FIBER_NUMBER="" FIBER_TYPE="" STRANDS="" />
<Row2 LINE_ID="1117" CONDUIT_NUMBER="4" CONDUIT_TYPE="Empty" FIBER_NUMBER="" FIBER_TYPE="" STRANDS="" />
</Row>
<Row LINE_ID="997" IT_Type="Cabinet" FROM_SYSTEM_ID="2011" TO_SYSTEM_ID="2012" FromLat="43.482705558800" FromLong="-83.260130135400" ToLat="43.482694479700" ToLong="-83.260107590500">
<Row2 LINE_ID="997" CONDUIT_NUMBER="1" CONDUIT_TYPE="Other" FIBER_NUMBER="" FIBER_TYPE="" STRANDS="" />
</Row>
<Row LINE_ID="1220" IT_Type="Other" FROM_SYSTEM_ID="2415" TO_SYSTEM_ID="2413" FromLat="43.624664303600" FromLong="-83.086848805700" ToLat="43.624645615600" ToLong="-83.086770805500">
<Row2 LINE_ID="1220" CONDUIT_NUMBER="1" CONDUIT_TYPE="Fiber" FIBER_NUMBER="1" FIBER_TYPE="Dist" STRANDS="12" />
<Row2 LINE_ID="1220" CONDUIT_NUMBER="2" CONDUIT_TYPE="Electric" FIBER_NUMBER="" FIBER_TYPE="" STRANDS="" />
</Row>
</Line>
</Parents>
Please see below for my XSL:
<xsl:template match="Parents">
<Folder>
<name>
Point
</name>
<xsl:for-each select="Point/Row">
<Placemark>
<name>
<xsl:value-of select="#IT_Name"/>
</name>
<description>
<xsl:value-of select="#Location"/>
</description>
<styleUrl>
<xsl:value-of select="concat($hash,#IT_Type)"/>
</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>
<xsl:value-of select="#GPSLong"/>,
<xsl:value-of select="#GPSLat"/>
</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</xsl:for-each>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>
Line
</name>
<xsl:for-each select="Line/Row">
<Placemark>
<name>
From: <xsl:value-of select="#FROM_SYSTEM_ID"/> to: <xsl:value-of select="#TO_SYSTEM_ID"/>
</name>
<description>
<xsl:value-of select="#CONDUIT_NUMBER"/>
</description>
<styleUrl>
<xsl:value-of select="concat($hash,#IT_Type)"/>
</styleUrl>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>
<xsl:value-of select="#FromLong"/>,<xsl:value-of select="#FromLat"/>,0 <xsl:value-of select="#ToLong"/>,<xsl:value-of select="#ToLat"/>,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</xsl:for-each>
</Folder>
</xsl:template>

Answer 1

Sorry for having completely revised your initial template, but the common way to do this (in XSLT 1.0) is by applying Meunchian's method on a multi-level grouping. In your specific case, you can create a xsl:key based on concatenation of #IT_Type and the parent element of Row.
For instance, this XSLT 1.0 (tested under Saxon 6.5)
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:key name="kIT_Type"
match="Row"
use="concat(
name(parent::node()),#IT_Type
)"/>
<xsl:template match="Parents/*">
<Folder>
<name><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></name>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Row[
generate-id(.)
=
generate-id(key('kIT_Type',
concat(name(parent::node()),#IT_Type))[1])
]"/>
</Folder>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Row">
<Folder>
<name><xsl:value-of select="#IT_Type"/></name>
<xsl:apply-templates select="key('kIT_Type',
concat(name(parent::node()),#IT_Type))"
mode="placemark"/>
</Folder>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Row[parent::Point]" mode="placemark">
<Placemark>
<name>
<xsl:value-of select="#IT_Name"/>
</name>
<description>
<!--xsl:value-of select="#Location"/-->
</description>
<styleUrl>
<!--xsl:value-of select="concat($hash,#IT_Type)"/-->
</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>
<xsl:value-of select="#GPSLong"/>,
<xsl:value-of select="#GPSLat"/>
</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Row[parent::Line]" mode="placemark">
<Placemark>
<name>
From: <xsl:value-of select="#FROM_SYSTEM_ID"/> to: <xsl:value-of select="#TO_SYSTEM_ID"/>
</name>
<description>
<xsl:value-of select="#CONDUIT_NUMBER"/>
</description>
<styleUrl>
<!-- xsl:value-of select="concat($hash,#IT_Type)"/-->
</styleUrl>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>
<xsl:value-of select="#FromLong"/>,<xsl:value-of select="#FromLat"/>,0 <xsl:value-of select="#ToLong"/>,<xsl:value-of select="#ToLat"/>,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Row2"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Applied on your input, produces the RTF:
<Folder>
<name>Point</name>
<Folder>
<name>VSS</name>
<Placemark>
<name>VSS1</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.671800000000,
43.953000000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>VSS2</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.678900000000,
43.966900000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>Cabinet</name>
<Placemark>
<name>Cab1</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.677100000000,
43.903100000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>Cab2</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.677300000000,
43.913500000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>DMS</name>
<Placemark>
<name>DMS1</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.677100000000,
43.903100000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>DMS2</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<Point>
<coordinates>-85.676800000000,
43.989400000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>Line</name>
<Folder>
<name>Handhole</name>
<Placemark>
<name>
From: 2127 to: 1947</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>-83.195331982500,43.438474034300,0 -83.193657308800,43.437072542900,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>Cabinet</name>
<Placemark>
<name>
From: 2011 to: 2012</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>-83.260130135400,43.482705558800,0 -83.260107590500,43.482694479700,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
<Folder>
<name>Other</name>
<Placemark>
<name>
From: 2415 to: 2413</name>
<description/>
<styleUrl/>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>-83.086848805700,43.624664303600,0 -83.086770805500,43.624645615600,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</Folder>