A possibility is saving the data as text in a Lua-table. If you are not afraid to use some Lua, I can send my code for saving files and data for repeated use.

dr. Hans van der Meer


> On 18 Sep 2020, at 15:36, Denis Maier <denis.maier.lists@mailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For typesetting XML I'm wondering how to best store text for later use:
> 
> I've tried using buffers, but this here doesn't work:
> 
> ==================
> \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta
>     \setupdocument [
> pub-year=\xmlfilter{#1}{/pub-date/year/command(xml:article-meta:pubdate:year)},
> volume=\xmlfilter{#1}{/volume/command(xml:article-meta:volume)},
> doi=\xmlfilter{#1}{/article-id[@pub-id-type='doi']/command(xml:article-meta:doi)},
> elocation-id=\xmlfilter{#1}{/elocation-id/command(xml:article-meta:elocation-id)},
> title=\xmlfilter{#1}{/title-group/article-title/command(xml:article-meta:title-group:article-title)},
>         author={\AuthorList},
>     ]
>   \startbuffer[abstract]
>       \xmlfilter{#1}{/abstract/command(xml:article-meta:abstract)}
>   \stopbuffer
>    \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopxmlsetups
> 
> \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta:abstract
>     \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopxmlsetups
> ===================
> 
> This here works:
> 
> ==================
> \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta
>     \setupdocument [
> pub-year=\xmlfilter{#1}{/pub-date/year/command(xml:article-meta:pubdate:year)},
> volume=\xmlfilter{#1}{/volume/command(xml:article-meta:volume)},
> doi=\xmlfilter{#1}{/article-id[@pub-id-type='doi']/command(xml:article-meta:doi)},
> elocation-id=\xmlfilter{#1}{/elocation-id/command(xml:article-meta:elocation-id)},
> title=\xmlfilter{#1}{/title-group/article-title/command(xml:article-meta:title-group:article-title)},
>         author={\AuthorList},
> abstract=\xmlfilter{#1}{/abstract/command(xml:article-meta:abstract)},
>     ]
>    \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopxmlsetups
> 
> \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta:abstract
>     \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopxmlsetups
> ===================
> 
> But has using a variable for the abstract any drawbacks? (The abstract might contain multiple paragraphs.)
> 
> Best,
> Denis
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