SUMMARY:
Sablotron incorrectly copies the xsl:version attribute from the
top-level element of a simplified stylesheet to the output tree.
DESCRIPTION:
Section 2.3 ("Literal Result Element as Stylesheet") of the XSL/T
Recommendation [1] says [2]:
"A simplified syntax is allowed for stylesheets that consist of
only a single template for the root node. The stylesheet may
consist of just a literal result element (see [7.1.1 Literal
Result Elements]). Such a stylesheet is equivalent to a stylesheet
with an xsl:stylesheet element containing a template rule
containing the literal result element; the template rule has a
match pattern of /. For example [example omitted]. A literal
result element that is the document element of a stylesheet must
have an xsl:version attribute, which indicates the version of XSLT
that the stylesheet requires."
Later the recommendation says, in its description of Literal
Result Elements [3]:
"The created element node will have the attribute nodes that were
present on the element node in the stylesheet tree, other than
attributes with names in the XSLT namespace."
According to this language, the xsl:version attribute included in the
top-level element of a stylesheet consisting of a literal result
element should not be included in the created element in the output.
Nevertheless, Sablotron *is* included the xsl:version attribute in
the output.
TEST CASE:
MMDB2:D:\cdr\src\script\filters>cat bug.xsl
<bug xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xsl:version="1.0">
xsl:version is copied to output!
</bug>
MMDB2:D:\cdr\src\script\filters>sabcmd bug.xsl
<foo/>
^Z
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><bug xsl:version="1.0">
xsl:version is copied to output!
</bug>
PLATFORM/VERSION INFORMATION:
Microsoft Windows NT Server Version 4.0 SP4
Sablotron Version 0.51
sabcmd 0.51 (February 19, 2001)
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#result-element-stylesheet
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#literal-result-element
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Bob Kline
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