Roger,
At 10:52 AM 2/5/2004, you wrote:
Sorry - I wasn't being very clear. I was suprised to get output without an
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:value-of select="."/> is in the built-in default template for text
nodes, and since the built-in template for element nodes instructs to
<xsl:apply-templates select="child::node()"/>, even a blank or "null"
stylesheet (that is, one containing no explicit templates at all) *will*
give you your content.
It's actually a very worthwhile exercise for a beginner to run a blank
stylesheet against a document, inspect the output, and from there to
enhance the stylesheet with templates to match element nodes *starting at
the bottom* (not going top down), checking the results of each enhancement
as you go. The results, which many XSLT neophytes (especially those used to
other programming languages) find to be counter-intuitive, are very
instructive. You can't really explain them at all until you learn the
processing model. If you do understand the processing model, you can likely
predict what'll happen with every new template.
To get you started (should you or anyone choose to spend a little free time
with this fun self-study), I provide you with a blank starter stylesheet:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
</xsl:stylesheet>
Run this on your favorite XML document and see....
Cheers,
Wendell
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