Re: [xsl] Which patterns will select the root node?

Subject: Re: [xsl] Which patterns will select the root node?
From: andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:38:59 +0100
> > Will any other pattern than "/" ever match the root?
>
> Yes -- always matches the root node of the current document. In XSLT2
> terms it matches the document node.

Just to add to that, in XSLT2 there is document-node(), eg:

<xsl:template match="/">

and

<xsl:template match="document-node()">

are equivalent (afaik).

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