Re: Extension attributes

Hi Mike,

> I can't see any particular problem with this change (there is a
> theoretical backwards incompatibility, but a very minor one): but
> nor can I see any pressing need for it. All the examples that I've
> seen of vendor-supplied extension attributes apply to XSLT
> instructions, not to literal result elements.

Fair enough; it just seemed a bit inconsistent. I did think of
something like this as a use case:

It would be feasible for an implementer to come up with an extension
attribute on xsl:element called 'schema:type'. This gives the name of
a type from a schema and forces the value of the generated element to
be valid according to that type. If the generated content *isn't*
valid, then the processor adds an xsi:nil attribute to the element and
leaves it empty.

Or a 'my:default-value' extension attribute on xsl:element that gives
the element the default value if the content of the xsl:element
doesn't return a value.

If you're not allowed extension attributes on literal result elements,
then the only way to create elements using these facilities is with
xsl:element, which is long winded.

But I'm not particularly fussed. It was just something that struck me
as I was thinking about extension elements and attributes.

Cheers,

Jeni

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