Re: [xsl] xsl:element in XSLT 1.0

[Jack Matheson <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh I see.
I'll try to read the spec differently from now on before deciding  
whether
it is being vague or not.

Thanks again to both of you for helping to clear this up!

-Jack

> > This is exactly what I thought was fuzzy =)
> > I couldn't find the location in the spec where this was stated.
> > Can you point me to the section where it states that
> > xsl:element does
> > not
> > generate namespace nodes unless required by its (resolved) name?
>
> That's not the way the spec is written. It doesn't say that such  
> namespaces
> are generated, therefore they aren't. The spec says what happens  
> when you
> instantiate an instruction; it would be impossible to list all the  
> things
> that don't happen.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/