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Re: Default actions in XSLT 2.1

Subject: Re: Default actions in XSLT 2.1
From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:43:01 -0700
Re:  Default actions in XSLT 2.1
> The idea is to make modes (the things named in the mode attribute of
> xsl:template and xsl:apply-templates) first class objects that can have
> properties; the properties would be declared as attributes of an xsl:mode
> declaration; one of the properties is the choice of default template rules
> for the mode. An xsl:mode declaration with no name attribute declares the
> properties of the unnamed ("default") mode, just as an xsl:decimal-format
> declaration with no name defines properties of the default decimal-format.
>

Sounds nice.

Going further, I'd propose that the *default value* for the
"default-action" attribute of the unnamed <xsl:mode> be
   "xslmode:clone"
if the "version" attribute of the <xsl:stylesheet>    is    >=   2

and
  "xslmode:copy-text"  (the current processing behaviour for version 1.0)
otherwise.


-- 
Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I would propose:
>>
>>   <xsl:mode default-action="clone"/>
>>
>> I would suggest to consider the verb:
>>
>>   <xsl:process/>
>> or
>>
>>   <xsl:processing-mode/>
>>
>> instead of <xsl:mode/>
>>
>> as we already have a "mode" attribute with slightly different
>> scope (template selection).
>
> The idea is to make modes (the things named in the mode attribute of
> xsl:template and xsl:apply-templates) first class objects that can have
> properties; the properties would be declared as attributes of an xsl:mode
> declaration; one of the properties is the choice of default template rules
> for the mode. An xsl:mode declaration with no name attribute declares the
> properties of the unnamed ("default") mode, just as an xsl:decimal-format
> declaration with no name defines properties of the default decimal-format.
>
> No doubt the choice of keywords will continue to provide entertainment for
> some while; I tend to the view that when you hear people arguing the
> spelling of the keywords, it's like when a sales prospect starts arguing
> about the price; you can smell victory.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/

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