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I need to include a transformed XML document into my LaTeX source. Transformation is specified inside the XML via XSLT. I recently started using LaTeX and I have bib database in XML. However, this XML file contains a lot more information than a .bib file can contain (or should contain).

Therefore, it looks like one of these will do the trick:

  • Including transformed XML text directly (which will produce well formed .bib file)
  • Including a program output (which will output well formed .bib file)

I have seen options like running application before and obtaining results using .bat or makefiles. However, I will consider these as last resort because it will not be portable. Other people receiving my file should change their editor settings to be able to compile it.

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I'm forbidden from telling you that ConTeXt can handle XML, so you should probably use that instead of LaTeX. – Martin Schröder Sep 20 '11 at 18:37
:) I found a bad solution, but i will keep the question open if there is a way to do it better. – Cem Kalyoncu Sep 21 '11 at 12:59
Would you mind sharing your solution with the community? – doncherry Oct 13 '11 at 13:26

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As Martin already pointed out, ConTeXt can handle XML.

Another solution would be to use LuaTeX and write a custom parser in Lua or use a library for that purpose. The options are endless. If you write a custom function in Lua it is at least portable to users of LuaTeX and furthermore a very flexible solution.

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There is a LuaTeX variant with an XML parser built in (based on libxml2): github.com/pgundlach/LuaTeX/tree/xmlreader – dıʞsdoʇ Nov 7 '11 at 20:37
I have done it with a hack, but next time I will try your method. Looks pretty promising. – Cem Kalyoncu Nov 8 '11 at 16:26

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