>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:27:52 +0100
>To: Niklas Lindstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Jan Egil Kristiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [Sab] Applying templates to all... Niklas is right
>
>You'r right, I think. I got confused by the W3C's use of
>�select=".//div"/� in the
><doc><div><div></div></div></doc>
>example. But with the default template in place, the pieces do fit.
>
>(maybe IE is right, too. After all, they do not claim to implement the
>latest spec.)
>
>
>At 15:08 26-10-00 +0200, you wrote:
>
>>I believe that Sablotron is right. Although you are correct in that
>> <xsl:apply-templates/>
>> equals
>> <xsl:apply-templates select="./*"/>
>> ... well, actually
>> <xsl:apply-templates select="./node()"/>
>>
>>, XSLT has some built in template rules to allow for implicit recursive
>>processing:
>>
>>http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#built-in-rule
>>
>>In this case, the template:
>><xsl:template match="*|/">
>> <xsl:apply-templates/>
>></xsl:template>
>>
>>is therefore used. So if IE does not do this, it does not do it right (I
>>guess supplying the presumed built-ins explicitly is a workaround..)
>>
>>(Hint: turn this off by overruling the built-ins, perhaps conveniently
>>applying in another mode, to keep the "main mode" clear. See:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#modes
>>)
>>
>>regards
>>Niklas
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jan Egil Kristiansen
>>To: Sablotron Mailing List
>>Sent: 10/26/00 10:09 AM
>>Subject: [Sab] Applying templates to all descendants?
>>
>>It seems to me that in Sablotron, <xsl:apply-templates/> applies
>>templates
>>to all descendants of the current node, while IE applies them to the
>>direct
>>children only. I think IE is right,
>>http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Applying-Template-Rules
>>
>>In other words, in Sablotron
>><xsl:apply-templates/>
>>equals
>><xsl:apply-templates select=".//*"/>
>>while in IE
>><xsl:apply-templates/>
>>equals
>><xsl:apply-templates select="./*"/>
>>
>>?
>>Jan Egil Kristiansen
>>Governmental Bank of the Faroe Islands
