Eric van der Vlist writes:
 > > As values of global variables (constants in fact) can't be changed, i
 > > was wondering if there exists a generic solution to manage inherited
 > > attribute values.
 > 
 > Personally, when this is needed, I pass these values from template to
 > template using parameters (xsl:with-parameter works also with
 > xsl:apply-templates, not only with xsl:call-template).
 > 

you can also cycle through ancestor::*/@xml:lang 
(or something like that) until you find a
non-empty value.

Sebastian


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