[xsl] XSL selection of apply templates

["Moshe Eshel" <hakotea@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have three files in this scheme...

an XML file which conatins elements named BOX with an attribute of PLACE_ID
and an attribute of  BOX_TEMPLATE_ID
<BOX PLACE_ID="1" BOX_TEMPLATE_ID="4"/>

an XSL file which holds <xsl:apply-templates select="//BOX[@PLACE_ID='1']"/>

another XSL file included in the first which Holds:
<xsl:template match="BOX[@BOX_TEMPLATE_ID='4']">
Do Something
</xsl:template>

Each of the files contains more of these with other values

What happens is that everything works exactly as I want it to... The First
XSL finds the appropriate template to apply on the specific BOX element
(according to its  BOX_TEMPLATE_ID) and executes this in the order of the
PLACE_ID

My question might seem stupid (because it works) but here goes: Why does it
work that way, and Howis it logically done by the XSL processor...

BTW I'm using MSXML3

Thanks a bunch
Moshe
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