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Subject: Re: XML to HTML conversion examples
From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:02:53 +0200

Miloslav Nic wrote:

> I you use html elements in the source I can recommend adding this
> template to you stylesheet
> 
> <xsl:template match="*">
>   <xsl:element name="{name()}">
>     <xsl:for-each select="@*">
>       <xsl:attribute name="{name()}"><xsl:value-of
> select="."/></xsl:attribute>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>     <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template
> 
Miloslav,

What about the classical identity transformation ?

<xsl:template match="@*|*">
	<xsl:copy>
		<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
	</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>


Do you consider it less readable, less portable or anything else ?

Thanks

Eric
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