RE: [xsl] variable in xsl:template match

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Subject: RE: variable in xsl:template match
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:54:59 +0100

> Variables are not allowed to be used in the match attribute 
> of a template.
> 
>   Ref. XSLT 1.0 section 5.3:
> 
>    It is an error for the value of the match attribute to contain
>    a VariableReference.
> 

But this rule is lifted in XSLT 2.0.

I believe also that there are some XSLT 1.0 processors that fail to enforce
the rule.

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

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Re: variable in xsl:template match, (continued)
- Ronan Klyne - 26 Apr 2007 14:37:15 -0000
- Abel Braaksma - 26 Apr 2007 14:53:23 -0000
  - Abel Braaksma - 26 Apr 2007 15:13:26 -0000
  - Michael Kay - 26 Apr 2007 16:36:04 -0000

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