[docbook-apps] DSSSL/XSL: act on an attribute and then do the usual thing?

[Sam Steingold <sds at gnu dot org>]

suppose I want
        <quote role="foo">bar</quote>
to be translated by the DSSSL and XSL into
        <strong class="foo">"bar"</strong>
I do not want to copy the whole of the "quote" transforms into my *.dsl
and *.xsl customization layers.
I do not want to replace all my <quote role="foo">bar</quote> with
        <emphasis role="foo"><quote>bar</quote></emphasis>
because I might want to use <tt> instead of <strong> and I do not want
to have to replace it again with
        <literal role="foo"><quote>bar</quote></literal>
[actually, I would not have to do that, I will just need to change the
way <emphasis role="foo"> is handled, but forget that for a sec].

The bottom line is : how do I write:

(element quote
  (let ((role (attribute-string (normalize "role"))))
    (make element gi: "STRONG" attributes: (list (list "CLASS" role))
          now-transform-the-original-quote-the-standard-way-as-if-there-was-no-role)))


and

<xsl:template match="quote[@role = 'package']">
 <strong class="{@role}"><xsl:now-transform-the-original-quote-the-standard-way-as-if-there-was-no-role/></strong>
</xsl:template>

I thought that

<xsl:template match="quote[@role = 'package']">
 <strong class="{@role}">
  <xsl:call-template name="quote"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </strong>
</xsl:template>

would work, but I get

runtime error: file common.xsl line 24 element call-template
xsl:call-template : template quote not found

any suggestions?

thanks!

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