Re: [xsl] RE: apply-templates and excluding a node

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:48 AM 10/4/01, you wrote:
> it is <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::PRFID)]" />
>
> What I do not undestand is why "self" why not "child"? Can anyone explain
> this?

Because the predicate [not(self::PRFID)] is evaluated with respect to the 
node set selected by *, taking each of those nodes in turn as its context 
node (and returning only those that test true).

Since * has already selected children, you want to check them each on the 
self:: axis. If you said *[not(child::PRFID)], or the equivalent 
*[not(PRFID)], you'd get all element children that do not themselves have a 
PRFID child, as opposed to those that are not them-selves- a PRFID.

Cheers,
Wendell



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