Re: [xsl] Updating Attribute Values

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/08/2013 15:41, Nathan Tallman wrote:
> I'd like to change the values of attribute "href", whenever it appears
> inside a "dao" element. From what I can tell, my template is correct,
> however when ever I stick anything inside xsl:attribute (replace <!--
> do stuff here -->, nothing happens during the transformation. Am I
> missing something?
>
>      <xsl:template match="@href[parent::dao]">
>          <xsl:attribute name="href">
>              <!-- do stuff here -->
>          </xsl:attribute>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> I'm using XSLT 2.0, Saxon 6.5.5.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan


In addition to the other comments re XSLT version and namespaces, a 
template matching an attribute only does anything if you apply templates 
to that attribute. The default processing does not do that:

<xsl:template match="dao">
... stuff..
<xsl:apply-templates/>
..
</xsl:template>

would apply templates to child nodes of <dao> but not to its attributes.

David