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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math"
+    exclude-result-prefixes="xs math"
+    version="3.0">
+    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="1" encoding="UTF-8"/>
+
+    <xsl:param name="collection-id" select="concat('temp', substring(string(current-dateTime()), 1, 16))"/>    
+    <xsl:param name="types-to-ignore" select="('**no file**', 'photo dupes', 'images available')" as="item()+"/>
+    <xsl:param name="default-extent-number" select="0" as="xs:decimal"/>
+    <xsl:param name="default-extent-type" select="'linear_feet'" as="xs:string"/>
+    
+    <xsl:param name="series-file" select="doc('series.xml')"/>
+    <xsl:param name="holdings-file" select="doc('holdings.xml')"/>
+    
+    <xsl:template name="xsl:initial-template" match="/">
+        <xsl:call-template name="ead"/>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+    <xsl:template name="dsc">
+        <dsc xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">
+            <xsl:for-each select="$series-file/root">
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="row[string-length(Series_prefix) eq 2]" mode="grouping-row">
+                    <xsl:with-param name="level" select="'series'"/>
+                </xsl:apply-templates>
+            </xsl:for-each>
+        </dsc>
+    </xsl:template>
+      
+    <xsl:template match="row" mode="grouping-row">
+        <xsl:param name="level" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="current-prefix" select="Series_prefix"/>
+        <c level="{$level}" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">
+            <did>
+                <unitid>
+                    <xsl:apply-templates select="Series_prefix"/>
+                </unitid>
+                <unittitle>
+                    <xsl:value-of select="Tech_Files_series => normalize-space()"/>
+                </unittitle>
+            </did>
+            <!-- create notes -->
+            <xsl:apply-templates select="_Series_Description_[normalize-space()]"/>
+            <!-- create subseries, if any, from series.xml file -->
+            <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::row[starts-with(Series_prefix, $current-prefix)]" mode="#current">
+                <xsl:with-param name="level" select="'subseries'"/>
+            </xsl:apply-templates>
+            <!-- create the file-level children / holdings -->
+            <xsl:call-template name="components">
+                <xsl:with-param name="current-prefix" select="$current-prefix"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+        </c>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+    <xsl:template name="components">
+        <xsl:param name="current-prefix"/>
+        <xsl:for-each select="$holdings-file/root/row[holdings_subjects_categories_SERIES_Series_prefix eq $current-prefix][not(lower-case(Material_type) = $types-to-ignore)]">         
+            <xsl:for-each-group select="." group-by="holdings_subjects_CATEGORIES_Category"> 
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()" mode="holding"/>
+            </xsl:for-each-group>  
+        </xsl:for-each>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+    <xsl:template match="row" mode="holding">
+        <c level="file" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">
+            <did>
+                <unitid>
+                    <xsl:apply-templates select="calc_Filing_code"/>
+                </unitid>
+                <unittitle>
+                    <xsl:value-of select="holdings_SUBJECTS_Subject || ' [' || Material_type || ']' => normalize-space()"/>
+                </unittitle>
+            </did>
+            <xsl:apply-templates select="Notes[normalize-space()]"/>
+        </c>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+    <xsl:template match="Notes | _Series_Description_">
+        <scopecontent xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">
+            <p>
+                <xsl:apply-templates/>
+            </p>
+        </scopecontent>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+    <!-- main, EAD stuff... not interesting, since we just use as a shell to impport -->
+    <xsl:template name="ead">
+        <ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd">
+            <eadheader>
+                <eadid>
+                    <xsl:value-of select="$collection-id"/>
+                </eadid>
+                <filedesc>
+                    <titlestmt>
+                        <titleproper/>
+                    </titlestmt>
+                </filedesc>
+            </eadheader>
+            <archdesc level="collection">
+                <did>
+                    <unitid>
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$collection-id"/>
+                    </unitid>
+                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
+                    <unittitle>collection title</unittitle>
+                    <physdesc>
+                        <extent>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="concat($default-extent-number, ' ', $default-extent-type)"/>
+                        </extent>
+                    </physdesc>
+                    <langmaterial>
+                        <language langcode="eng"/>
+                    </langmaterial>
+                </did>
+                <xsl:call-template name="dsc"/>
+            </archdesc>
+        </ead>
+    </xsl:template>
+    
+</xsl:stylesheet>