RE: [xsl] Embedded Stylesheets

Subject: RE: [xsl] Embedded Stylesheets
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:12:50 +0100
> Mike,
> Using this xml in a file emb.xml
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xml" href="#style1"?>
> <books>
> <book>some book</book>
>
>   <xsl:stylesheet id="style1"
>     version="1.0"
>     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>     <xsl:template match="book">
>       <xsl:apply-templates/>
>     </xsl:template>
>     <xsl:template match="xsl:stylesheet"/>
>   </xsl:stylesheet>
> </books>
> And this command line with saxon 6.4.3
> C:\temp>saxon -a emb.xml
> Gives me
> Transformation failed: Stylesheet is empty or absent
> Changing type="text/xml" to type="text/xsl" makes no difference.

> What am I doing wrong?

You haven't defined the "id" attribute of xsl:stylesheet to be of type "ID".

Mike Kay



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