Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: _why_ do people use xsl:element and xsl:attribute so much Was Re:[xsl] xslt svg problem From: "Dylan Walsh" <Dylan.Walsh@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:31:52 +0100 |
> From: David Carlisle [SMTP:davidc@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:56 PM > >That I would say that xsl:element and xsl:attribute only be used (or >shown to) advanced users who are needing to generate the >element/attribute names based on the run time behaviour of the >stylesheet rather than the far more usual case of generating fixed names >from the stylesheet or source. I agree with your advice and add one, perhaps more frequent scenario, the conditional creation of an attribute. As to why beginners use these constructs where literals would suffice, I have one explaination. If your are starting out in XSLT, you may decide to look up the syntax for creating elements or attributes, and <xsl:element> or <xsl:attribute> stick out as obvious candidates. I saw this with a colleague who used <xsl:attribute> (in this case the values were dynamic AVTs with the curly braces are not immeadiately obvious). XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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