Subject: RE: multilanguage support easily or including xml data dynamicall y From: "Michael Beddow" <gll6mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:01:20 +0100 |
I guess this is the only list in the known universe where you can ask a q like this and not only not get flamed to a fritter, but actually get back a patient answer from a wizard, and one that actually helped me, at least, to see something I already thought I new in a usefully different light. (Juggy:) > > What does this <xsl:apply-templates...> really do? I read some > > doc about it, but I still can't grasp the concept of it. Isn't it's > > purpose to select things, such as <xsl:for-each>? (Mike K:) > > If you haven't understood xsl:apply-templates then you haven't understood > XSLT: it's rather fundamental. > > It selects the set of nodes identified by the XPath expression in the select > attribute, and for each of these nodes, it looks for the "best match" > xsl:template rule to apply to that node. The "best match" is a template rule > whose match pattern matches the node, and if there are several, the one that > has the highest precedence/priority. > > If there is no select attribute, it selects the children of the current > node. Michael Beddow XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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