I answered my own question -- apply-imports did run through the
existing definition, apply-templates simply continued processing the
children elements from source xml.

On 10/17/07, Anthony Ettinger <anthony@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, works great...but I don't see a difference between
> apply-templates and apply-imports (at least  in my context):
>
>
> file: customization_layer.xslt
>     <xsl:import
> href="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/xhtml/docbook.xsl"/>
>     <xsl:include href="custom.xsl" />
>
> file: custom.xsl
> <xsl:template match="glossentry/glossdef">
>     <dd>
>         <xsl:if test="@role != ''">
>             <xsl:attribute name="class">
>                 <xsl:value-of select="@role"/>
>             </xsl:attribute>
>         </xsl:if>
>         <xsl:apply-templates /> <!-- or apply-imports works too here? -->
>     </dd>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> Both apply-templates and apply-imports works from within the
> custom.xsl  -- could this be a problem?
>
>
>
>
> On 10/17/07, Scott Trenda <Scott.Trenda@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > <xsl:import href="docbook.xsl"/>
> > <xsl:template match="orderedlist">
> >   <xsl:if test="@role = 'html class real code goes here'">
> >     <xsl:apply-imports/>
> >   </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > ~ Scott
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ettinger@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:ettinger@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Anthony Ettinger
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 6:56 PM
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  extend an xslt template defined elsewhere?
> >
> > I have a 'customization layer' as described in Docbook context for my
> > XSLT stylesheets....
> >
> > I'd like to know if there is a way I can extend an existing
> > xslt:template definition (inheriting all its properties, plus adding
> > my own).
> >
> > Basically there is a rather large template defined for orderedlist in
> > docbook xhtml xslt files, and I'd like to add a simple " if @role =>
> > convert to @class in html" (pseudo code) without having to copy the
> > entire template definition.


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