> > <xsl:apply-templates select="not(title | subtitle)"/>
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::title)  or  not(name()
                                                  ^^^^
> =subtitle)]"/>
> 
> both versions above are possible.
> 
> Joerg

The above is equivalent to:

 <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>

because
 not(x) or not(y)

is always true, when x != y and of course x and y are booleans.

Another problem is that such xsl:apply templates will not process any
non-element nodes.

I'd suggest the following:

<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[not(self::title) 
                                  and 
                                    not(self::subtitle)
                                    ]"/>

Or simply specify an empty rule like this:

<xsl:template match="title | subtitle" />

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.










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