> is there a way to get the value of an attribute that has a 
> colon in the name of the attribute :

A colon in the name separates the namespace prefix from the local name. The
namespace prefix must be declared, e.g. if you want to reference attribute
@my:value then some enclosing element in the stylesheet must have a
namespace declaration such as xmlns:my="my/favorite.uri", and this must
match the namespace URI used in the source document.
> 
> i get no repsonse of i try :  <xsl:value-of 
> select="@xml:lang"> 

The namespace prefix "xml" is special because it is always predeclared with
the URI "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace", so accessing @xml:lang
should never be an error.

Mike Kay


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