RE: [xsl] why doesn't this do what i think it should?

["Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>]

> Why doesn't this do what I think it should?
> XSLT:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet
>    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict" version="1.0">
> <!--
> It copies out the bbb's
> -->
> <newaaa>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
> <xsl:output method = "xml"/>
> <xsl:template match="los-of-other-tags"></xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="bbb">
> <xsl:copy-of select="self::*"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> </newaaa>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>

Well I would expect a conformant XSLT processor to reject it as an error.
xsl:strip-space, xsl:output, and xsl:template are allowed only as top-level
elements, that is, children of xsl:stylesheet. Which processor are you
using?

Why do people writing stylesheets think they can invent new syntax and
semantics as they go along? This is one of the more imaginative inventions I
have seen.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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