Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: _why_ do people use xsl:element and xsl:attribute so much From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:46:26 -0400 |
Deborah Aleyne Lapeyre wrote: > xsl:element, xsl:attribute, etc. > We decided that they were very useful advanced features, > but way behind, for example, Named Templates as something > that a beginner needs to know.
At the risk of having an unpopular opinion...
I would want beginners to have a good foundation for understanding the XSLT processing model (tree access and construction) and the relationship between XSLT and XML Namespaces. It seems to me that teaching people about literal result elements as "text that is copied through" rather than as "shorthand for instructions to create nodes -- i.e., xsl:element, xsl:attribute, xsl:text, etc." undermines their understanding of XSLT's most important concepts.
I don't necessarily advocate thorough coverage of when & how to use xsl:element and xsl:attribute, but they should at least be mentioned in terms of their relationship to literal result elements and the concept of result tree construction, IMHO.
Cheers, Wendell
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