Re: [xml-dev] Why is there an "S" in XSLT?

• From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@...>
• To: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@...>
• Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:17:01 +0530

As cited by Andrew, this is a "simplified stylesheet" module.

I am curious, why was this syntax invented in the XSLT 2.0 spec? What
are the use cases for this syntax?

On 5/19/08, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@...> wrote:
> 2008/5/19 James Fuller <james.fuller.2007@...>:
> > and what does this now mean in 2.0 ?
> >
> > <myownelement xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
> >
> > </myownelement>
>
> That's almost a "simplified stylesheet" but I think you need to prefix
> the version attribute:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#result-element-stylesheet
>
> Ironically simplified stylesheets often caused the most confusion for
> people new to the language...


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi