Re: [xsl] How to use document() of doc() function with copy idiom, or how to access nodes of doc() tree

[Abel Braaksma Online <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Michael, for pointing that out. This "initial template" thing is 
nice and looks much better than using itself as input.
Thanks Colin, for your extra explanation on "initial template". I'm all 
up to grips again!

I indeed overlooked this "value-of". I should've known better ;)

Cheers,
Abel

Michael Kay wrote:

> Your problem seems to be very simple:
>
> <xsl:value-of select="document($input-file)" />
>
> The xsl:value-of instruction writes a text node whose value is the
> string-value of the input. The string value of a document node is the
> concatenation of all its text, with no hierarchic structure. You probably
> want xsl:copy-of or xsl:sequence.
>
> Note also: XSLT 2.0 does allow you to run a stylesheet with no principal
> input document. Just specify a named template as the entry point. If using
> the Saxon command line you do this with the "it" option, e.g. "-it main".
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/