<xsl:attribute name="eid">{$newId}</xsl:attribute>
Attribute value template syntax {...} can only be used in Attribute
values, never in element content, and in XSLT Xpath expressions such as
$newId never appear in element content either. Attributes (such as
select) that take XPath expressions never use attribute value template
syntax.
So you just want
<xsl:template match="topic">
<xsl:attribute name="eid">
<xsl:value-of select="string manipulation to get it how I want via checking
xml:base, etc."/>
</xsl:attribute>
or, in XSLT2
<xsl:template match="topic">
<xsl:attribute name="eid"
select="string manipulation to get it how I want via checking xml:base,
etc."/>
Assuming (in both cases of course) thi stemplate is going to be called
at a point that xsl:attribute is allowed 9which means that you have just
generated a new element node, but have not added any child nodes yet.
David
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