RE: Use of xsl:apply-templates exception with an eleme

> I understand local-name and namespace uris, but isn't strange 
> that you can use <xsl:copy-of 
> select="*[@self::attribution]"/> but not <variable 
> name="name" select=" 'attribution' "/> ...
> <xsl:copy-of select="*[@self::{$name}]"/> for example.
> 
> Or similarily,
> <xsl:copy-of select="*[@self::{@name}]"/>
> 

It's only strange if you've somehow got it into your head that XSLT/XPath is
a macro language in which variables are inserted into expressions by textual
substitution before the expression is parsed and executed. Since that's a
completely erroneous view of the processing model, it's not surprising that
it leads you to false expectations.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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