interchangeably with root or document element) means selecting the root node
containing the specified context node. So when you write
<xsl:template match="/">
what you're saying is "select the root node of the document *and* the
document element." You could also do:
<xsl:template match="/*">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
with the exact same results.
no. these are different. / just matches the root node not the root node
and top level element. if you xsl:copy that you'll get all the childreen
including text nodes pis and comments. If you use /* you just get
top level element nodes.
David
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