Re: attribute value templates versus <xsl:attribute>

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Subject: Re: attribute value templates versus <xsl:attribute>
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:54:49 -0400

At 2003-06-11 13:23 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

  is there any benefit to using an attribute value template
for creating an attribute and its value, as opposed to using
an explicit <xsl:attribute> element?

i mean, besides just brevity?

Not any other benefits that I can think of, but a benefit of <xsl:attribute> is the ability to include instructions (I've often used <xsl:number/> and <xsl:for-each/>) in the calculation of the value.

You only mentioned an attribute value template for creating an attribute and its value, but it is also very useful for specifying certain instruction attribute values (name and uri strings for result tree constructs, arguments for sorting, etc.).

............ Ken


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attribute value templates versus <xsl:attribute> Robert P. J. Day - Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:24:29 -0400 (EDT) G. Ken Holman - Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:58:54 -0400 (EDT) <= Michael Kay - Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:34:05 -0400 (EDT)

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