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RE: [xsl] attribute of a single-tag node

2006-11-16 08:22:21

sorry for my probably incorrect terminology, but when I say 
single- tag nodes I mean a node like <img src="..."> in HTML. 

As far as the result tree is concerned, you just want an empty element - an
element with no children.

But you seem more concerned with serialization. Just specify <xsl:output
method="xml"/> or <xsl:output method="html"/> and you will get a
serialization that works. It might not be exactly how you wanted it, but it
will be equivalent.

If I want to create such a tag with specific attributes, how 
do I go about doing that? I guess I can't use <xsl:attribute> 
because that has to be defined inside the tag.

Is this the only possible way of doing it:

<img>
   <xsl:attribute name="src">
        <xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$src"/></xsl:text>
   </xsl:attribute>
</img>

Actually that's illegal: you can't have elements within xsl:text. But it's
grossly unnecessary anyway. Just write:

 <img src="{(_at_)src}"/>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


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