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Bryan Rasmussen
yes <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> copies all the attributes.

Quoting "Bradley, Peter" <PBradley@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Bryan,
> 
> Hmm.  That's a fair bit to take in.  I'll have to think about that tonight to
> understand what's going on there.  I'd completely missed that xsl:copy copied
> just the node and not its children.  Looking again its explanation at w3c
> schools I begin to understand.
> 
> Am I right in thinking that the:
> 
> <xsl:copy><xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:copy>
> 
> copies all the attributes?  I'm not actually interested in attributes at this
> point, just content, but I think I see where you're coming from.
> 
> Thanks to both you and David.  At least I have some stuff to try now -
> whereas I was fresh out of ideas as midnight approached last night.
> 
> As I said to David, I'll try to remember to let you know how I get on
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Peter
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Bryan Rasmussen [mailto:bry@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent:	08 November 2004 14:03
> To:	xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re:  Conditional extraction of data
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bryan Rasmussen
> 
> 
> 
> > <xsl:copy><xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
> > <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > </xsl:copy>
> 
> I always prefer this way of copying, generally using a mode, on particular
> namespaces or all elements. so
> 
> <xsl:template match="*" mode="copier">
> <xsl:copy><xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates mode="copier"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="tag2" mode="copier">
> <i><xsl:apply-templates/></i>
> </xsl:template> 
> <xsl:template math="anElement">
> <xsl:apply-templates mode="copier"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> so that everything gets copied with the copier mode, but tag2 doesn't and
> it
> escapes the mode. This is just a personal preference though.