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Re: apply-templates and Ful XML Path
- To: Matthew Cordes <mcorde61 at maine dot edu>
- Subject: Re: apply-templates and Ful XML Path
- From: Jeni Tennison <Jeni dot Tennison at epistemics dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:06:59 +0100
- Cc: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
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Matt,
>Does anyone know why I must specify the full path in an apply-templates
>instruction inside the root template?
You are confusing the 'root node' and the 'document element'. The root
node is basically the node representing the document itself, whereas the
document element is the element node representing the element that has all
other elements within the document as children.
In a match="/" template, the context node (from which relative paths are
resolved) is the root node, *not* the document element, which is why you're
having problems.
See Section 5.1 (Root Node) of the XPath Recommendation
[http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath]
Cheers,
Jeni
Dr Jeni Tennison
Epistemics Ltd, Strelley Hall, Nottingham, NG8 6PE
Telephone 0115 9061301 • Fax 0115 9061304 • Email
jeni.tennison@epistemics.co.uk
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