XSLT Element Reference Manual
XSLT elements derived from the W3C Recommendation (XSLT Version 1.0).
XSLT Elements
For more detailed information about the following elements, click on the links in the element column.
Element | Description |
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apply-imports | Applies template rules from imported stylesheets. |
apply-templates | Applies template rules to the current element or its child nodes. |
attribute | Adds an attribute. |
attribute-set | Defines a named set of attributes. |
call-template | Invokes a specified template. |
choose | Works with <when> and <otherwise> to express multiple conditional tests. |
comment | Creates a comment node in the result tree. |
copy | Creates a copy of the current node (without children and attributes). |
copy-of | Creates a copy of the current node (with children and attributes). |
decimal-format | Defines the characters and symbols to be used when converting numbers to strings with the format-number() function. |
element | Creates an element node in the output document. |
fallback | Specifies a piece of code to run if the processor does not support a certain XSLT element. |
for-each | Loops through each node in a specified set of nodes. |
if | Includes a template that is applied only if a specified condition is true. |
import | Imports content from one stylesheet into another. Note: The imported stylesheet has a lower priority than the importing stylesheet. |
include | Includes content from one stylesheet into another. Note: The included stylesheet has the same priority as the including stylesheet. |
key | Declares a named key used in the stylesheet with the key() function. |
message | Writes a message to the output (used for reporting errors). |
namespace-alias | Replaces a namespace in the stylesheet with a different namespace in the output. |
number | Determines the integer position of the current node and formats the number. |
otherwise | Specifies the default action of the <choose> element. |
output | Defines the format of the output document. |
param | Declares a local or global parameter. |
preserve-space | Defines elements where whitespace should be preserved. |
processing-instruction | Writes a processing instruction to the output, creating a processing instruction node. |
sort | Sorts the output. |
strip-space | Defines elements where whitespace characters should be removed. |
stylesheet | Defines the root element of the stylesheet. |
template | The rules to apply when a specified node is matched. |
text | Writes text to the output, generating text nodes via the stylesheet. |
transform | Defines the root element of the stylesheet. |
value-of | Extracts the value of a selected node. |
variable | Declares a local or global variable. |
when | Specifies the action of the <choose> element. |
with-param | Specifies the value of a parameter passed to a template. |