Messagecatalog and xslt_localizer is a simple system to create 
localized XSLT templates with fixed string labels, dynamically. 
This means you don't have to mix conditional code for language support 
in your XSLT template. 

You write a messagecatalog xml file with string labels for each language
you wish to support. 

  E.g.:
  <messagecatalog xml:lang="nl">
    <message>
      <key>Heading</key>
      <value>Kop</value>
    </message>
    ...
  </messagecatalog>


You write a XSLT template file with instructions to find the localized string
label from the messagecatalog.

  E.g.:
  <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
                  xmlns:mc="http://www.redslider.net/ns/messagecatalog.1.0"
                  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="h1">
        <mc:gettext key="Heading"/>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>


After running the localization script, you end up with an XSLT template for 
the dutch language that looks like this:

  <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
                  xmlns:mc="http://www.redslider.net/ns/messagecatalog.1.0"
                  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="h1">
        <xsl:text>Kop</xsl:text>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>

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xslt_localizer was written by Jeroen Pulles, <jeroen.pulles@redslider.net>
Copyright 2004, Jeroen Pulles