• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
  • Getting Started with XSLT
  • Tutorial: Understanding How Templates Work
  • Working with Stylesheets
  • Creating Stylesheets That Generate HTML
  • Specifying Extension Functions in Stylesheets
  • Working with Templates
  • Using an External XSLT Processor
  • Postprocessing Result Documents
  • Generating Formatting Objects
  • Generating Scalable Vector Graphics
  • XSLT Instructions Quick Reference
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• Chapter 13: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 14: Stylus Studio Reference

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xsl:element

Adds an element to the result tree.

Format

              <xsl:element name="qualified_name
              ">
               

              

                
element_contents
                   

                
              
</xsl:element>
               

            

Description

The XSLT processor uses the contents of the xsl:element instruction as a template for the attributes and contents of the new element.

The prefix part of the name attribute becomes the prefix for the element you are creating. The local part of the name attribute becomes the local name of the element you are creating.

The XSLT processor interprets the name attribute as an attribute value template. The string that results from instantiating the attribute value template must be a qualified name. If it is not, the XSLT processor reports an error.

Example

              <xsl:element name="audio:CD">
               

              

                
<xsl:element name="audio:title">Celtic Airs</xsl:element>
                   
<xsl:element name="audio:artist">Chieftains</xsl:element>
                   

                
              
</xsl:element>
               

            

The result of this instruction looks like the following:

<audio:CD>
               

              

                
<audio:title>Celtic Airs</audio:title>
                   
<audio:artist>Chieftains</audio:artist>
                   

                
              
</audio:CD>