The output of your snippet will be:

<a href="ContactUs.xsl">Contact Us</a>

Is that not what you wanted?

What do you mean by "in place of 'a'"? The name attribute on the
<xsl:element> element specifies the name of the element to output to the
result tree. To construct a link in HTML, you must use the <a> element with
an href attribute. So your sample looks fine.

Jason.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Turner, Althea [mailto:Althea.Turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:14 PM
> To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  another href question
> 
> 
> hello all,
> 
> I have a fairly (actually very new) newbie question to put to you good
> folks.  I have checked the FAQ and archives and haven't found 
> the answer to
> my question.  I am trying to make text link from one xsl page 
> to another.  I
> can link just fine to an html page.  I have found the 
> following bit of code
> and think I am getting close to a solution.  
> 
> <!-- test for linking text   -->
>          <xsl:element name="a">
>          <xsl:attribute 
>               name="href">ContactUs.xsl</xsl:attribute>
>          <xsl:text>Contact Us</xsl:text>
>          </xsl:element>
> 
> My question is this:  What should be in place of "a"?  
> Elsewhere in our
> docs, the "name" refers to a java class.  Do I need to have a 
> java class for
> href?  What am I not comprehending here?  I'm fairly sure 
> that Xlink is
> overkill for making simple text links.  
> 
> Please be gentle, I'm new to XSL.  Thanks!
> 
> Althea Turner
> Summit Information Services
> 541-758-5888 x 6902
> 
> 
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