<root attr1="attr1">
<grantparent attr2="attr2">
<parent attr1="changed-by-parent">
<child>
<grandchild attr1="changed-by-grandchild"/>
</child>
</parent>
</grantparent>
</root>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="ancestor::*/@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
$ saxon inherit.xml inherit.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root attr1="attr1">
<grantparent attr1="attr1" attr2="attr2">
<parent attr1="changed-by-parent" attr2="attr2">
<child attr1="changed-by-parent" attr2="attr2">
<grandchild attr1="changed-by-grandchild" attr2="attr2"/>
</child>
</parent>
</grantparent>
</root>
David
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