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RE: I mean self::* doesn't select attributes :(
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>, "'Evan Lenz'" <elenz at xyzfind dot com>
- Subject: RE: [xsl] I mean self::* doesn't select attributes :(
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:43:20 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> and then you could do things like:
>
> @attribute($attr)
>
> rather than:
>
> @*[name() = $attr]
>
> The big trouble would be handling namespaces with this syntax - is the
> prefix in the name string resolved according to the current namespace
> declarations within the stylesheet or is it a match between the
> actual qualified name of the attribute in the source and the string
> that you have?
Not a problem if (following XML Schema) you add QName to the list of data
types recognized by XPath...
Mike Kay
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