Subject: Re: [xsl] Is it legal to do <xsl:copy-of select="element/@attribute"/>? From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:26:41 -0800 |
> That's precisely what I was loosely quoting. But that section's > heading says "Creating Attributes with xsl:attribute" and doesn't > specifically mention that the same behavior is expected for copying > attributes using xsl:copy-of (neither does the section about > copy-of[1]). > > Thomas W. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116#copy-of I guess that the wise people who authored the spec didn't want to be redundant -- copying attributes nodes under a created element is actually adding copies of thes attribute nodes to the element -- and the restrictions of adding attributes are already defined in the quoted section about creating attributes. -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:51 PM, TW <zupftom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2011/2/9 Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Can I rely on the rule for <xsl:attribute/> >>> being applied that says, when adding an attribute, any already >>> existing attribute of the same name is replaced? >> >> Yes, the XSLT 1.0 specification >> (http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116#creating-attributes) B is >> precize about this: >> >> "Adding an attribute to an element replaces any existing attribute of >> that element with the same expanded-name" >> > > That's precisely what I was loosely quoting. B But that section's > heading says "Creating Attributes with xsl:attribute" and doesn't > specifically mention that the same behavior is expected for copying > attributes using xsl:copy-of (neither does the section about > copy-of[1]). > > Thomas W. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116#copy-of
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