Re: Use of xsl:document

<xsl:variable name="Xml" as="document-node()">
<xsl:document>
<xsl:sequence select="document('file.xml')"/>
</xsl:document>
</xsl:variable>

From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
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To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Use of xsl:document
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:58:38 +0100

> Should I be using the xsl:document function instead?
there is no _function_ called xsl:document.
there is an xsl:document element (instruction). this has a different
function it _generates_ a document node rather than selecting one.
So the relationship between
select="document(...) and <xsl:document is like teh relationship between
select="abc" and <xsl:element  name="abc"
one selects existing nodes from input documents, the other generates new
nodes.

> Is there any use for the xsl:document function other than the fact it allows
> validation?

Not a lot as (for XSLT1 compatibility) a document node is implictly
generated whenever you use xsl:variable with content (and no as
attribute) so there are not many times that you need to explictly
generate a document node with xsl:document.

David

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