XSLT <xsl:stylesheet>and<xsl:transform>Element
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Definition and Usage
The <xsl:stylesheet> and <xsl:transform> elements are completely synonymous elements. Both are used to define the root element of a stylesheet.
Syntax
<xsl:stylesheet
id="name"
version="version"
extension-element-prefixes="list"
exclude-result-prefixes="list">
<!-- Content:(<xsl:import>*,top-level-elements) -->
</xsl:stylesheet>
id="name"
version="version"
extension-element-prefixes="list"
exclude-result-prefixes="list">
<!-- Content:(<xsl:import>*,top-level-elements) -->
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:transform
id="name"
version="version"
extension-element-prefixes="list"
exclude-result-prefixes="list">
<!-- Content:(<xsl:import>*,top-level-elements) -->
</xsl:transform>
id="name"
version="version"
extension-element-prefixes="list"
exclude-result-prefixes="list">
<!-- Content:(<xsl:import>*,top-level-elements) -->
</xsl:transform>
Attributes
| Attributes | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version | version | Required. Specifies the XSLT version of the stylesheet. |
| extension-element-prefixes | list | Optional. A whitespace-separated list of namespace prefixes for extension elements. Netscape 6 does not support this attribute. |
| exclude-result-prefixes | list | Optional. A whitespace-separated list of namespace prefixes that should not appear in the output. |
| id | name | Optional. A unique id for the stylesheet. Netscape 6 does not support this attribute. |
Example 1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
....
....
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
....
....
</xsl:stylesheet>
Example 2
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:transform version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
....
....
</xsl:transform>
<xsl:transform version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
....
....
</xsl:transform>
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