The spec says that it's a recoverable error to supply an invalid name
here; the processor is allowed either to signal the error or to recover
by not outputting the element node.

Michael Kay


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> David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 10 October 2003 14:25
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> Subject:  xalan <xsl:element name="name()">
> 
> 
> A recent stylesheet I came across used
> <xsl:template match ="elname">
> <xsl:element name="name()">
>   .....
> 
> Saxon spotted this as an error.
> The author told me that xalan hadn't reported this as an error.
> 
> Any xalan users around to check this please?
> 
> 
> Regards DaveP.
> 
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