RE: suggestion for xslt: xsl:attribute and xsl:element values

I'm sympathetic to this, but I want to resolve the current debate about how
we create typed elements and attributes before we leap into this. If we
decide that we need a construct to create an attribute whose type is (say) a
date, then the select="xxx" syntax may well be suitable for this. In the
usage you propose, it serves only to reduce the number of keystrokes, which
may still be worthwhile, but isn't as pressing a requirement.

Mike Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jörg Walter [mailto:ehrlich@ich.bin.kein.hoschi.de]
> Sent: 07 February 2002 20:02
> To: xsl-editors@w3.org
> Subject: suggestion for xslt: xsl:attribute and xsl:element values
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have a small suggestion for XSLT, which I'd like to see in 
> a new release.
> After repeatedly writing stuff like:
> 
> <a><xsl:attribute name="href">
>  <xsl:value-of select="some/thing"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> Some text
> </a>
> 
> I begin to miss the very convenient select="" attribute found 
> on many other 
> elements, like xsl:param, xsl:variable, and so on. I think 
> this would make a 
> very convenient addition to XSLT, enhancing readability as 
> well as reducing 
> typing. Moreover, it looks more consistent to me having 
> (optional) select="" 
> on every element which uses some kind of input.
> 
> -- 
> CU
> 	Joerg
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