(I've just replied to the xsl-list as cross-posting should be avoided)

When you apply templates to that variable, you will apply them to the
document node, so it will look for a root matching template.

To see that in action, add a mode to the apply-templates, and add a
root matching template with that mode and you should see that it gets
applied.

cheers
andrew

2010/1/27 Steven Ericsson-Zenith <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Some guidance here please. What is wrong with the following?
>
> In a template I have:
>
>        <xsl:variable
>                 name="t">
>                         <i>
>                             <xsl:value-of
>                                 select="m" />
>                         </i>
>           </xsl:variable>
>           <xsl:apply-templates
>                         select="$t" />
>
> which, using Saxon, appears to ignore the element <i> and returns only
> the value of m.
>
> I had expected that apply-templates would apply the template for <i>.
>
> Is there a "proper way" to do this?
>
> With respect,
> Steven
>
>
> --
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>        Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering
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>        http://senses.info
>
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