Using variables in template match patterns?

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Subject: Using variables in template match patterns?
From: Geert Josten <Geert.Josten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:06:53 +0200

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me whether it is or isn't conform XSLT (1.0) to use variable references in template match patterns? I have something like the following, that is accepted by Xalan, but not by some other parsers:

	<!-- top level -->
	<xsl:param name="selected" />

	<xsl:template match="entry[@id = $selected]">
	  ...
	</xsl:template>

I also use variables to add a filter on a key pattern, something like this:

<xsl:key name="selected-entries" match="entry[@parent-id = $selected]" use="@id" />

Again, Xalan is happy, but some other parsers aren't..

Who is right?

Cheers,
Geert

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