Re: implement attribute inheritance

<root attr1="attr1">
   <grantparent attr2="attr2">
     <parent attr1="changed-by-parent">
       <child>
         <grandchild attr1="changed-by-grandchild"/>
       </child>
     </parent>
   </grantparent>
</root>


<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="ancestor::*/@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>





$ saxon inherit.xml inherit.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root attr1="attr1">
   <grantparent attr1="attr1" attr2="attr2">
     <parent attr1="changed-by-parent" attr2="attr2">
       <child attr1="changed-by-parent" attr2="attr2">
         <grandchild attr1="changed-by-grandchild" attr2="attr2"/>
       </child>
     </parent>
   </grantparent>
</root>

David

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