customization for image filerefs respecting xml:base

Hi all,

sorry, i first posted this message to docbook@ and not docbook-apps@.
i am a little bit confused today...

----------  Weitergeleitete Nachricht  ----------

Subject: [docbook] customization for image filerefs respecting xml:base
From: Janning Vygen <>
To: 

Hi,

refering to threads
  [docbook-apps] Best practise: Directories and location of images
  [docbook-apps] xinclude and images from other directories

many people use Xinclude and a directory structure to order there
documents and images. As docbook html/fo stylesheets are not aware of
xml:base attributes yet, you need a customization layer like the one
attached.

It works fine as M. Sanders reports, but i didn't really test it on
my own. maybe its of any help for other people.

(of course you have to import the main stylesheet or let this file be
included by other layers)

One feature request for the docbook xsl distribution: At the moment
there are few lines in Docbook XSL where
  <xsl:value-of select="@fileref"/>
is used. if replaced by
  <xsl:apply-templates select="@fileref"/>

everything should work the same because default attribute template
handles this case.

But this way you can override the default template by your own.
This would reduce my customization layer a lot and would make it much
more easier to write different layers.

kind regards,
janning