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RE: xml in, xml out
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: xml in, xml out
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:38:54 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> Am I correct that this is the "classic transformation"
> template that used
> to be talked of? In other words the basic transformation?
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> > <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
As others have pointed out, this identity transformation is rarely useful in
practice because you usually want the output to be slightly different from
the input. That means using <xsl:copy> and <xsl:apply-templates>. However,
<xsl:copy-of> is often useful to copy a whole subtree unchanged, and is
often overlooked because it's tucked away in an obscure corner of the spec.
Mike Kay
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