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Re: Historical trivia: who introduced into XSLT 1.0 theconstru

• From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
• To: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:12:54 -0600

Roger L Costello writes:

> The xsl:namespace-alias element is the construct that enables an XSLT
> program to generate an XSLT program (i.e., it is the thing that gives
> XSLT its "code generation" capability).

Is it?

The ability to use XSLT stylesheeets to generate XSLT stylesheets is
certainly helpful, but it is not dependent on the use of
xsl:namespace-alias.  The xsl:namepace-alias construct does make
generation of XSLT as output more convenient for those who prefer to
write their XSLT with literal result elements.  But 'makes more
convenient' is not the same as 'enables'.

-- 
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
Black Mesa Technologies LLC
http://blackmesatech.com

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