Since it is proposed to be the first of the two alternatives, which is
not copying, then I withdraw my comment.
Perhaps modified-copy would be a better name.
I would propose:
<xsl:mode default-action="clone"/>
So, we are not interested in the exact way the clone is produced (or
its granularity) as long as we get an exact clone of the input.
This has a good meaning even for infinite XML documents, in a process
which may never stop, but is continuously producing the expected
results.
I would suggest to consider the verb:
<xsl:process/>
or
<xsl:processing-mode/>
instead of <xsl:mode/>
as we already have a "mode" attribute with slightly different scope
(template selection).
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Dimitre Novatchev
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin(_at_)colina(_dot_)demon(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> wrote:
"Andrew" == Andrew Welch
<andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:
>> What could be more explicit than copy?
Andrew> The (slight) problem with just "copy" is that there are
Andrew> two types of copy: shallow and deep, and so its not clear
Andrew> immediately clear whether the default action for "copy"
Andrew> is:
Andrew> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
Andrew> or
Andrew> <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
Andrew> Maybe "copy" could be improved on to make it clear that
Andrew> it's not a straight copy, for example "copy-descent"
Andrew> (that's an example, not a suggestion!)
Since it is proposed to be the first of the two alternatives, which is
not copying, then I withdraw my comment.
Perhaps modified-copy would be a better name.
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Preston Lancashire
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