Re: [xsl] apply-templates, rule-based, and saxon

Subject: Re: [xsl] apply-templates, rule-based, and saxon - REPLY
From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:24:26 -0400

[kfricovsky]

> But isn't this conflicting to the philosophy behind template rules,
> unless I am wrong in my thinking: only if you specify a template rule
> will that element be matched and displayed in the output? Or, do I need
> to match on every element in the source document?
>

There is a "default template" that matches any element and is used when
there is no other matching template.  So you get it (recursively) when you
call xsl:apply-templates.  I think that the idea was to give you some way to
view an xml file when you didn't know anything about it beforehand.

Cheers,

Tom P


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[xsl] composing file reference for document() based on xml input Joel P Thornton - Thu, 10 May 2001 13:04:59 -0700 kfricovsky - Thu, 10 May 2001 16:30:30 -0400 Chris Bayes - Thu, 10 May 2001 21:58:06 +0100 kfricovsky - Thu, 10 May 2001 17:24:29 -0400 Thomas B. Passin - Thu, 10 May 2001 18:24:26 -0400 <= Jeni Tennison - Fri, 11 May 2001 08:21:25 +0100 Michael Kay - Fri, 11 May 2001 08:36:22 +0100 Ronald - Fri, 11 May 2001 09:40:23 +0100 Thomas B. Passin - Thu, 10 May 2001 17:22:45 -0400

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[xsl] composing file reference for document() based on xml input
- Joel P Thornton - Thu, 10 May 2001 13:04:59 -0700
  - kfricovsky - Thu, 10 May 2001 16:30:30 -0400
    - Chris Bayes - Thu, 10 May 2001 21:58:06 +0100
      - kfricovsky - Thu, 10 May 2001 17:24:29 -0400
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      - Jeni Tennison - Fri, 11 May 2001 08:21:25 +0100
      - Michael Kay - Fri, 11 May 2001 08:36:22 +0100
      - Ronald - Fri, 11 May 2001 09:40:23 +0100
    - Thomas B. Passin - Thu, 10 May 2001 17:22:45 -0400

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