Re: [xsl] Removing an XML Attribute

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 03:58 PM 7/5/2007, you wrote:
> >>    <xsl:copy-of select="@*[not(self::change)]"/>
> >
> > I'm afraid this isn't going to work, on account of attribute elements
> > not appearing on the self:: axis. (A small but significant wrinkle.)
>
> Or is it that an attribute node is on the self:: axis when it is the
> context node but you can't select it using a name test?

Indeed. :->

> Another small but significant wrinkle is that 'self::change' works in
> xsltproc.

Mmrph.

> However, updating to use XSLT 2.0, this gets the blessing of Saxon:
> 'self::attribute(change)'.

Yes, or like David did it.

Cheers,
Wendell


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