On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry, I forgot one detail, if you want to have an "as" attribute spelled
> out then you need to write it as
>
>         <xsl:variable name="FOO" as="document-node()">
>           <xsl:document>
>             b&
>           </xsl:document>
>         </xsl:variable>

Doing so works even if leaving `<xsl:apply-templates select="$FOO"/>`
intact, instead of rewriting the match to `$FOO/*`.

I am still trying to wrap my head around the meaning of the answers,
but thank you everybody for your fast response.