RE: Scope of xml source, includes, and inline xml

A user data element (a child of xsl:stylesheet in its own namespace) doesn't
actually have any scope at all. The only way of accessing it in any kind of
standard way is using document('')/*/sd:data, in which case it might as well
not be in the stylesheet at all.

I think the purpose of allowing these elements was originally to enable
vendor extensions like msxsl:script, they really aren't that useful for user
stuff.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Stubsjoen [mailto:kstubs@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 31 March 2005 19:53
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Scope of xml source, includes, and inline xml
> 
> All right,
> 
> Lets say in my xslt sheet include_file_A I create the 
> following inline XML:
> 
> <sd:data>
>   <AAA/>
>   <BBB/>
>   <CCC/>
> </sd:data>
> 
> Let say the parent xslt document is:
> parent_xslt_document.xsl
> 
> Which include the following xslt documents:
> include_file_A.xsl
> include_file_B.xsl
> 
> Is the scope of <sd:data /> limited to include_file_A?