RE: template match syntax - possible bug in MSXML XPat

> <xsl:template match="(xsl:transform|xsl:stylesheet)/@version">
> 
> 1) MSXML's XSLT engine executes it, reporting no error 
> 
> So:
> 
> a) Is this a conformance bug in Microsoft's implementation?

It would seem so.
> 
> b) What's the most compact way to write the match in a syntax which is
> actually allowed in XPath?
> 
match="xsl:transform/@version | xsl:stylesheet/@version

(But it's XSLT that defines the rules for match patterns, not XPath).

Mike Kay

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