Re: [xsl] question about identity transform

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/31/06, Bill French <bfh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've used the identity transform many times to do useful things and have
> often wondered about the match pattern. Why is the match pattern
>
> "node() | @*"
>
> rather than simply "node()"? Aren't attributes returned by node()?



  node()

is abbreviation for:

  child::node()

while
  @*

is an abbreviation for:

  attribute::node()


When no axis is specified only one (the child axis) is assumed.

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> I read this and didn't find the answer:
>
> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/identity.html
>
> Regards
>
> --Bill