RE: match all attributes except @foo

> I currently have this inside an <xsl:copy>:
> 
> 	      <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*" />
> 
> The second branch of that union selects all attributes.  I want to 
> change it so that it matches all attributes except for the attribute 
> 'foo'.
> 
> IOW, my <xsl:copy> should filter out @foo.  How do I do it?
> 

You can write @*[name() != 'foo']. In XSLT 2.0 you can write (@* except
@foo). But a better way is perhaps to declare a template rule for @foo that
does nothing:

<xsl:template match="@foo" priority="3"/>

Michael Kay