If there is an <xsl:output> in an imported stylesheet module, and no
<xsl:output> in the importing stylesheet module, then the imported one
should take effect.

(I suspect Manfred has been confused by you referring to "templates" when
you meant modules; or it's possible that I'm the one who's confused).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Stubsjoen [mailto:kstubs@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 10 February 2007 17:27
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Doctype Declerations Imported StyleSheets
> 
> If I have a base template and I set the output to:
> 
> <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"
> 	doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> 	doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"/>
> 
> Do I need to call out this doctype again in a template which 
> imports this base template?  It seems I do. If I don't, the 
> resulting doctype is different than the doctype called out 
> above.  So how does this work?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Karl..