A further benefit of a generalised Copy micro-operation component

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The availability of 'here' documents for input will make a Copy
component a very simple and useful way to add constant items to a
document.  For example:

 <p:step type="Copy">
  <p:input port="target">...</p:input>
  <p:input port="source">
   <p:inline>
    <dummy author="Henry S. Thompson" date="2006-10-01"/>
   </p:inline>
  </p:input>
  <p:parameter name="from" value="/dummy/@*"/>
  <p:parameter name="to" value="//article"/>
 </p:step>

would add fixed author and date attributes to all 'article' elements of
the document on the 'target' port.

I'm a bit unsure about port names -- 'source' and 'target' are natural
for a copy operation, but going that route means using 'source' for
what is at least in this case clearly _not_ the primary input. . .

ht 
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