Re: Default values for attributes in XSLT, particularly wrt serialization

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Jeni Tennison writes:

> In http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#serialization, it specifically says:
>
>   "The value of the omit-xml-declaration attribute provides the value
> of the omit-xml-declaration parameter to the serialization method. The
> default value is no."

Ah.  The fact that this isn't in the Serialization spec. is what threw
me.  Thanks.

> In some case the default is "not supplied", such as:
>
>   "The value of the doctype-public attribute provides the value of
> the doctype-public parameter to the serialization method. By default,
> the parameter is not supplied."

Indeed, and that's fine, we agreed yesterday that this case must be
detectable by atomic step implementations.

> Are there any other particular cases where you're having trouble
> finding the defaults for attributes?

If there are, now that you've pointed me in the right direction, I'll
ask!

Thanks again,

ht
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Received on Friday, 5 September 2008 08:55:33 UTC