I agree, it seems you may have misunderstood the purpose and/or function of an <xsl:template> element, I think it may be worth going through some XSLT tutorials to get a better understanding of how to XSL templates.
Mehdi On 4 May 2011 20:16, J.Pietschmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04.05.2011 20:15, Brian wrote: >> >> Are we not allowed to put xsl:template inside fo:root? > > No. According to the XSLT spec, xsl:template must be an immediate child > of xsl:stylesheet, see > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-xslt20-20070123/#element-stylesheet and other > parts of the spec. > >> Outside fo:root it works fine, but this doesn't help me in this >> particular >> scenerio. > > The xsl:template element is a declaration, so your statement makes me > think you are seriously confused about how XSLT works. The best way to > clean this up is usually to send a problem description to the XSL list, > where the gurus tend to hang out. Guidelines and subscription advice > here: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/ > > J.Pietschmann >
