Re: Naming styles

Oops, it appears that the light is dimming...

I did change the xsl:include's to xsl:import's but i've got a lot of

xsl:import is not allowed in this position in the stylesheet!

It seems that i can only have xsl:import as the very first instructions of
the
stylesheet, right after my <xsl:transform ... >.

Is that so?

Thanks.

Quoting xptm@xxxxxxx:

> Ah, now i see the light... :):)
>
> Ok, per your explanation it seems i'll be better for me to use imports. The
> question i've made about the bad practice will not stand with that aproach.
>
> Thanks for your insight.
>
>
> Quoting David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >
> >
> > > Indeed i'm using only includes, not imports. However, i thought that
the
> > two are
> > > basicaly the same, the only diference being their precedence, concept
> that
> > i
> > > don't understand completly.
> >
> >
> > xsl:include is more or less the same as taking the body of the styleseet
> > you are including (ie everything inside xsl:stylesheet) and sticking it
> > at the point that the xsl:include appears.
> >
> > so if you include two variable definitions for the same variable (or two
> > templates matching the same thing) that is an error, just as if those
> > clashing declarations had appeared directly in a single stylesheet.
> >
> > xsl:import on the other hand has the import precedence feature, the
> > exact details of which are slightly baroque but the basic idea is
> > simple: any definitions in the importing styleseet are allowed to
> > conflict (and over-ride) definitions in the imported styleseet.
> >
> > the idea being that if you want to import some common (or publicly
> > accessible) styleseet but make some changes you can import it then just
> > definie whatever variables or templates you want to define and your
> > definitions will win.
> >
> > David
> >
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