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Re: [xsl] question about identity transform

2006-10-31 13:27:35
On 10/31/06, Bill French <bfh(_at_)recommind(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,

I've used the identity transform many times to do useful things and have
often wondered about the match pattern. Why is the match pattern

"node() | @*"

rather than simply "node()"? Aren't attributes returned by node()?



  node()

is abbreviation for:

  child::node()

while
  @*

is an abbreviation for:

  attribute::node()


When no axis is specified only one (the child axis) is assumed.

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Dimitre Novatchev
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I read this and didn't find the answer:

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/identity.html

Regards

--Bill

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