RE: Does Saxon support multiple document output?]

Oh dear, it's a confusing story.

Saxon initially introduced multiple output as an extension to XSLT 1.0 with
an element called saxon:output.

Then XSLT 1.1 came along, and introduced the feature into the language under
the name xsl:document. So saxon:output was renamed xsl:document. Then XSLT
1.1 was abandoned in favour of going straight to 2.0. At that point I froze
Saxon 6.x: If you want multiple document output with Saxon 6.5.4, you (a)
use the instruction xsl:document as described in

http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xslt11-20010824/#multiple-output

making sure that the stylesheet specifies version="1.1".

But I wouldn't advise doing that; if you want this feature, I'd advise using
the XSLT 2.0 version.

Later during the development of XSLT 2.0, xsl:document was renamed
xsl:result-document; and later still, a new unrelated xsl:document
instruction was introduced.

So in XSLT 2.0, you use xsl:result-document.

All clear now?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:JBryant@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 07 October 2005 19:46
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Does Saxon support multiple document output?]
> 
> > It should be xsl:result-document.
> 
> That's only true for processors that support XSLT 2.0 (such 
> as Saxon 8).
> 
> The XSLT 1.0 version of Saxon (most recent version: 6.5.4) 
> would use an 
> extension function (whose name and syntax I don't know, as I 
> use Saxon 8 
> and XSLT 2.0).
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)