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Re: [xsl] generate-id() explanation

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a kusa wrote:

> A generate-id() when used within an XML document on multiple
> nodes, generates unique id values for each of the nodes.

> Is this correct?
Yes.  And it is guaranteed to generate always the same ID when
called on the
same node.  The typical example is the creation of
a table of content: you
pass through the entire document in a
first pass, in a mode dedicated to
generating the ToC, using
generate-id on say, the section elements, to
generate links to
the sections; then you pass through the entire document a
second
time, to format the actual content, setting on each section the
same ID
used in the ToC (by calling generate-id again on the
section elements).
Regards,

-- 
Florent Georges
http://fgeorges.org/

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