Re: xsl:comment and xsl:pi containing template elements?

Chris Maden wrote:

> [Tyler Baker]
> > Why not just have the DTD section for xsl:attribute be changed from:
> >
> > <!ELEMENT xsl:attribute %template;>
> >
> > to:
> >
> > <!ELEMENT xsl:attribute #PCDATA>
>
> Because you want to use <xsl:value-of/> or some other dynamic thing to
> determine the value.  Using (#PCDATA) would mean that your
> <xsl:attribute> element could only have the same content, ever, and so
> every attribute generated by it would have the same value, every
> time.  Not very useful, then.

OK then why not:

<ELEMENT xsl:attribute (#PCDATA | xsl:value-of)>

Why does the DTD say you can have result element nodes as children, but
then it specifically says this is an error.

I don't see the rationale here in terms of validation.

Tyler


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