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Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?

• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• To: Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@g...>
• Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 14:15:38 -0400

On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 22:17 +0530, Mukul Gandhi wrote:
> As cited by Andrew, this is a "simplified stylesheet" module.
> 
> I am curious, why was this syntax invented in the XSLT 2.0 spec? What
> are the use cases for this syntax?

To be able to make a more simple style sheet :)
[startDocument]
<div>
 <h1>
  <xsl:value-of select="/article/title[1]"/>
 </h1>
</div>
[endDocument]

What would be really nice is if you could build up simplified
stylesheets in a transform and run them in that same transform. I know
it can't be done (currently), but it still would be cool :)

best,
-Rob


> 
> On 5/19/08, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@g...> wrote:
> > 2008/5/19 James Fuller <james.fuller.2007@g...>:
> > > and what does this now mean in 2.0 ?
> > >
> > > <myownelement xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
> > >
> > > </myownelement>
> >
> > That's almost a "simplified stylesheet" but I think you need to prefix
> > the version attribute:
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#result-element-stylesheet
> >
> > Ironically simplified stylesheets often caused the most confusion for
> > people new to the language...
> 
> 

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: David Carlisle <davidc@n...>
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@g...>

• References:
  • Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@g...>
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "James Fuller" <james.fuller.2007@g...>
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@g...>
  • Re: Why is there an "S" in XSLT?
    • From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@g...>