Re: Extension elements and xsl:include/import

Kay Michael wrote:
> 
> It is stated in 14.1 that "The designation of a namespace as an extension
> namespace is effective within the subtree of the stylesheet rooted at the
> element bearing the [xsl:]extension-element-prefixes attribute".
> 
> It is not stated whether this is the tree before or after the application of
> xsl:include and xsl:import. In particlar, does specifying
> extension-element-prefixes on the top-level xsl:stylesheet element affect
> elements within an included stylesheet?
> 
> My preferred answer is that it shouldn't, since it's unreasonable for an
> including stylesheet to so fundamentally alter the meaning of the thing it
> is including.

The intent of the wording is that it shouldn't (it's using tree to mean
the tree produced in accordance with the Data Model, which isn't
affected by xsl:include or xsl:import).  I'll try to clarify this.

James

Received on Wednesday, 29 September 1999 22:31:45 UTC