RE: XSLT: Does an element know about its type?

> <xsl:template match="river|lake|sea|island|mountain|desert">
>   < this tag should be the element's tag, i.e, river or lake or ... >
>     <xsl:copy-of select=" ... several properties ..."/>
>     ... some more things ...
>   </ suitable close-tag >
> </xsl:template>

The name() function will tell you the element type, but
for what you want to do, the xsl:copy instruction is more
appropriate. Either of these will do the trick:

<xsl:template match="river|lake|sea|island|mountain|desert">
  <xsl:copy>
    <!-- element attributes and contents go here -->
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="river|lake|sea|island|mountain|desert">
  <xsl:element name="name()">
    <!-- element attributes and contents go here -->
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>


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