I understand local-name and namespace uris, but isn't strange
that you can use <xsl:copy-of
select="*[(_at_)self::attribution]"/> but not <variable
name="name" select=" 'attribution' "/> ...
<xsl:copy-of select="*[(_at_)self::{$name}]"/> for example.
Or similarily,
<xsl:copy-of select="*[(_at_)self::{(_at_)name}]"/>
It's only strange if you've somehow got it into your head that XSLT/XPath is
a macro language in which variables are inserted into expressions by textual
substitution before the expression is parsed and executed. Since that's a
completely erroneous view of the processing model, it's not surprising that
it leads you to false expectations.
Regards,
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
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