why was that choice made?

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Using xsl:attribute with @select in a 1.0 transformation provokes a
>  variety of reactions from processors. Xalan C++ 1.10.0 throws an error,
>  LibXSLT 10120 ignores it, Saxon 9.0.0.2J processes @select as if
>  allowed.
>
>  That's because it *is* allowed. When you use an XSLT 2.0 processor, you can
>  use XSLT 2.0 syntax, even if your stylesheet specifies version="1.0".
>
>  Michael Kay
>  http://www.saxonica.com/