Subject: RE: [xsl] Identity transformation (without using xsl:copy) From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:32:42 +0100 |
> A few weeks ago I posted a message (below) asking how to do > an identity > transformation (without using <xsl:copy>) on instance documents that > contain namespace declarations. The resounding response was "no way". > [Thanks for your input!] Okay, after much testing and reading I have > convinced myself that you are correct - <xsl:copy> must be used. It > seems to me that this puts some serious limits on XSLT. Consider this > simple problem: write a stylesheet which does an identity > transformation, but where all element (local) names are converted to > upper case. So long as the processor implements the errata to the XSLT 1.0 spec, you can do <xsl:element name="{ }"> <xsl:copy-of select="namespace::*"/> <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> in place of xsl:copy: i.e. you can change the element name while still copying the namespace nodes. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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