RE: "Instantiating a template" ?

> > 4. What s the difference between the following 3 template defs 
> > <xsl:template match="*"> <xsl:template match="node()">
> > <xsl:template match="//*">
> 
> The first will match any element node. The second matches any 
> node except namespace nodes, but including element, 
> attribute, text, comments, PI and the root node (not sure 
> about the last, check with the spec). 

Not quite. match="node()" is short for match="child::node()", so it will
only match nodes that are children of something: viz elements, text
nodes, comments, and PIs.

Michael Kay


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