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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                xmlns:cit="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/cit/2.0"
+                xmlns:gcx="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/gcx/1.0"
+                xmlns:lan="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/lan/1.0"
+                xmlns:mcc="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mcc/1.0"
+                xmlns:mdb="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mdb/2.0"
+                xmlns:mri="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mri/1.0"
+                xmlns:gco="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/gco/1.0"
+                xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+                xmlns:gn="http://www.fao.org/geonetwork"
+                xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                xmlns:util="java:org.fao.geonet.util.XslUtil"
+                exclude-result-prefixes="#all">
+
+  <!-- Convert all keywords encoded using CharacterString
+  eg.
+  ```xml
+      <mri:keyword>
+        <gco:CharacterString>Algeria</gco:CharacterString>
+     </mri:keyword>
+  ```
+  to Anchor if found in thesaurus.
+  eg.
+  ```xml
+      <mri:keyword>
+        <gcx:Anchor xlink:href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ne_admin#Country/DZA">Algeria</gcx:Anchor>
+      </mri:keyword>
+  ```
+  -->
+  <xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml"/>
+
+
+  <xsl:variable name="mainLanguage" as="xs:string?"
+                select="mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:defaultLocale/lan:PT_Locale/
+                            lan:language/lan:LanguageCode/
+                              @codeListValue[normalize-space(.) != '']"/>
+
+  <xsl:template match="mri:MD_Keywords[count(mri:keyword/gco:CharacterString) > 0]">
+    <xsl:message>processing keyword to anchor</xsl:message>
+    <xsl:copy>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
+
+      <xsl:apply-templates mode="characterString-to-anchor" select="mri:keyword"/>
+
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="mri:type|mri:thesaurusName"/>
+    </xsl:copy>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+
+  <xsl:template mode="characterString-to-anchor"
+                match="mri:keyword">
+    <xsl:variable name="keywordLabel"
+                  select="gco:CharacterString"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="thesaurusId"
+                  select="substring-after(../mri:thesaurusName/*/cit:identifier/*/mcc:code/*/text(), 'geonetwork.thesaurus.')"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="keywordUri"
+                  select="util:getKeywordUri(
+                                                $keywordLabel,
+                                                $thesaurusId,
+                                                $mainLanguage)"/>
+
+    <xsl:message>Keyword Label: <xsl:value-of select="$keywordLabel"/></xsl:message>
+    <xsl:message>Thesaurus ID: <xsl:value-of select="$thesaurusId"/></xsl:message>
+    <xsl:message>Keyword URI: <xsl:value-of select="$keywordUri"/></xsl:message>
+
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="$keywordLabel != '' and $keywordUri">
+        <xsl:copy>
+          <gcx:Anchor xlink:href="{$keywordUri}">
+            <xsl:value-of select="$keywordLabel"/>
+          </gcx:Anchor>
+          <xsl:copy-of select="lan:PT_FreeText"/>
+        </xsl:copy>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="gn:*" priority="2"/>
+
+  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
+    <xsl:copy>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
+    </xsl:copy>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>