RE: jd.xslt bug (at least unexpected)?

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-xsl-
> list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Kay
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:41 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> > That is exactly what I have. It has been a long time since I
> > have looked at xsl:output. Here is what I have (had):
> >
> >   <xsl:output
> >     encoding="utf-8"
> >     indent="no"
> >     doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> >     cdata-section-elements="style"/>
> >
> > I don't remember why I have it...
> >
> 
> The odd thing about this xsl:output is that it doesn't specify the
> method attribute. It's not easy to tell whether the stylesheet will
> default to using XML or HTML output. I would recommend always specifying
> the method attribute - it's good for documentation and debugging, and it
> can actually help performance because the rules for selecting a default
> are run-time rules rather than compile-time.

This is good to know. I have been handling it with java. It outputs to HTML
most of the time, though. I have added the method attribute.

Thanks,
-Rob

> 
> Michael Kay



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