Re: [xsl] xsl:param may not be used here

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Hi Manny,

At 03:18 PM 8/28/01, you wrote:
>Wendell:
>
>Thanks for the input. I obviously don't understand the significance of the 
>namespace. My interpretation of everything I read was that the namespace 
>was only providing a way to distinguish between similar tags and that 
>there was not inherent "functionality" associated with the namespace.

Ah. Well, that's more-or-less true except when it comes to XSL. In XSL, the 
namespace is what the processor uses to bind particular elements to their 
processing semantics. (It's also getting less true in other applications, 
but that's a different story.) So if the namespace is wrong, the processor 
doesn't recognize the stylesheet as a stylesheet. (What's worse, if it's 
wrong, but happens to identify a pre-XSLT language also implemented by your 
processor, your processor will try to implement the transform on the 
assumption that your stylesheet is in that other language, and everything 
is all blown up and confused, since it sometimes sort-of works. Note also 
that MSXML seems to be the only processor that offers this "feature", but 
that it is popular enough to inspire, all by itself, for a great deal of 
gnashing of teeth on this account.)

I hope that clarifies it a bit.

Good luck,
Wendell

>I'll hit the sites you recommended to try to clear up my misunderstanding.
>
>Thanks


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