XSLT <xsl:element> Element
 Complete XSLT Element Reference
Definition and Usage
The <xsl:element> element is used to create an element node in the output document.
Syntax
<xsl:element
name="name"
namespace="URI"
use-attribute-sets="namelist">
<!-- Content:template -->
</xsl:element>
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Attributes
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| name |
name |
Required. Specifies the name of the element to be created
(the value of the name attribute can be set to an expression that is
computed at run-time, like this: <xsl:element name="{$country}" /> |
| namespace |
URI |
Optional. Specifies the namespace URI of the element (the
value of the namespace attribute can be set to an expression that is
computed at run-time, like this: <xsl:element name="{$country}"
namespace="{$someuri}"/> |
| use-attribute-sets |
namelist |
Optional. A white space separated list of attribute-sets
containing attributes to be added to the element |
Example 1
Create a "singer" element that contains the value of each artist element:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
<xsl:element name="singer">
<xsl:value-of select="artist" />
</xsl:element>
<br />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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