Re: understanding attributes and predicates

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Terry> I just wonder what is going on. Is it the "for-each
    Terry> select='@*'" or the "value-of select="." that is returning
    Terry> the text node of the par element?

    Colin> No.

    Colin> You are not matching the par elements which DON'T have a
    Colin> class="stem_mc' attribute. So these get matched by the
    Colin> built-in templates, which just write the text nodes.

Since you are exploring, you might find a couple of the gestalt
command-line options useful:

--suppress-default-action (which makes the processor non-conformant)
  would cause your transformation to fail.

This would alert you to the use of default template matching. Then you
could instead use:

--default-template-warning, to find out what was going on. I get this
  output for your transformation:
Warning: Default template invoked for document-node()
TODO: {XM_XPATH_TREE_ELEMENT}.type_name is only partly written
(hm. I've just found a bug!)

Warning: Default template invoked for element(document, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
Warning: Default template invoked for element(part, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

  
    Unit 1: Vocabulary SkillsWarning: Default template invoked for text()

    Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
PosttestWarning: Default template invoked for text()

    Warning: Default template invoked for element(section, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()

      Warning: Default template invoked for element(heading, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()

      
  attribute name: class
attribute value: stem_mcWarning: Default template invoked for text()

      Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
The threat of rain makes i. . .Warning: Default template invoked for text()

      Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
doubtfulWarning: Default template invoked for text()

      Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
Warning: Default template invoked for text()
likelyWarning: Default template invoked for text()

      Warning: Default template invoked for element(par, 
No more warnings will be displayed
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire