Re: [xsl] Referring to stylesheet itself, possible in XSLT 1.0, but how

On 10/17/06, Michael Kay <mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > That works - which makes me wonder why the following doesnt:
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/" xml:base="foo">
> >       <xsl:value-of select="document-uri(document(''))"/>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > With xml:base on the root matching matching template, why does calling
> > document('') return that base (the same goes for
> > xsl:stylesheet).  I would've thought the root *node* returned
> > from document('') was outside the scope of the xml:base
> > change, and so would return the original base...
>
> '' is a relative URI and is therefore expanded relative to the base URI of
> the stylesheet element where the call on document() appears. That base URI
> in this case is "foo" (which being itself a relative URI, should be further
> resolved...).
Ahh that explains it.  It also explains why document('') returns the
stylesheet itself... (something I always thought was intentional, but
I guess it was by "happy accident")

thanks.

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