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RE: xsl:copy-of copies what?
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:15:58 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] xsl:copy-of copies what?
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> heya, quick question about the XSLT 1.0 spec.
> i can't seem to find much detail on what types of nodes are
> copied over
> by xsl:copy-of - it specifies how to copy element nodes and
> says about the
> root node that it is copied by copying its children.
> though which ones?? can't copy the doctype, any others that should be
> avoided?
xsl:copy-of copies all the nodes, including their children recursively. But
in the XPath data model, the DOCTYPE does not exist as a node.
Mike Kay
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