Passing Parameters to the XSLT Export Filter

Now (OO version 3.1) that the number of User Defined Properties == Custom Properties is not limited to 4, it is practical to use Properties to pass parameters to the XSLT Export Filter.

File>>Properties>>Custom Properties(tab) Add
e.g. SAX.test = 'Hello World" (text)

(mavens be gone! There are lots of ways to do this)

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:meta="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta:1.0"
     xmlns:saxon="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform#"
     exclude-result-prefixes="meta">
<xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" />

<xsl:param name="SAX.test">
  <xsl:for-each select="//meta:user-defined">
    <xsl:if test="./@meta:name = 'SAX.test'">
      <xsl:value-of select="./." />
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:param>

 <xsl:template match="/">
  <saxon:param>
    <xsl:value-of select="$SAX.test" />
  </saxon:param>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

output is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<saxon:param xmlns:saxon="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform#">
   Hello World !
</saxon:param>

Hints:

a) parameter names have to be QNAMES - no spaces
b) the "dot" notation is probably a good idea so you can easily take the parameters out of the list of properties, but it's not required  (Svante, what do you think ? An XSL template for this "protocol" would be nice, in your spare time)
c) tagged Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other information which should be redacted/deleted (or not) from output documents does not require two transforms **provided** you can pass a (redact/keep) parameter to the stylesheet.  See: http://purl.org/pii/terms/

 --Gannon